CAT/C/63/D/678/2015 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 11 June 2018 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 678/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: I.K. (represented by counsel, Knut Rognlien) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Norway Date of complaint: 10 September 2013 (initial submission) Date of adoption of decision: 16 May 2018 Subject matter: Ill-treatment by State authorities; failure to investigate Procedural issues: Admissibility — other procedure; failure to exhaust domestic remedies; victim status Substantive issues: Ill-treatment in detention — prompt and impartial investigation; training of law enforcement officials; solitary confinement Articles of the Convention: 10, 11, 12 and 16 1. The complainant is I.K., a national of Norway born in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1961. He claims to be a victim of a violation by Norway of his rights under articles 10, 11, 12 and 16 of the Convention. The State party made the declaration under article 22 of the Convention on 9 July 1986. The complainant is represented by counsel, Knut Rognlien. The facts as presented by the complainant 2.1 On 8 November 2006, the complainant was arrested and taken to Oslo Central Police Station. He was arrested for disturbing public law and order by smashing a window during a dispute at a friend’s house, and later was also charged with biting a police officer’s hand while being transported to the police station. 1 He was put in solitary confinement2 and kept there overnight until being released the following morning. When arrested, and during * ** 1 2 Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-third session (23 April–18 May 2018). The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Honghong Zhang. The police report shows that the complainant was intoxicated and aggressive, and had to be subdued by the arresting officers. During the interview with the police on 9 November 2006, the complainant admitted to having drunk two small glasses of beer the night before. The complainant uses the term “solitary confinement” to refer to a single holding cell at the police station. GE.18-09493(E) 

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