CAT/C/34/D/222/2002
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Annex
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER
ARTICLE 22 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TOR TURE AND
OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR
PUNISHMENT
Thirty-fourth session
on
Communication No. 222/2002
Submitted by:
Z. E. (represented by counsel,
Mr. Marcel Zingast)
On behalf of:
Complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
28 November 2002
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 3 May 2005,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 222/2002, submitted by Mr. Z. E.
under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the author of the
complaint, his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Draft Views under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention
1.1
The complainant, Mr. Z. E., a Pakistani national, is currently in Switzerland, where he
applied for asylum on 27 September 1999. His application was rejected, and he maintains that
sending him back to Pakistan would constitute a violation by Switzerland of article 3 of the
Convention against Torture. He asks the Committee to apply interim measures of protection
since, on the date he lodged his complaint, he faced imminent deportation. He is represented by
counsel.