CAT/C/62/D/714/2015 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 9 January 2018 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 714/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: K.V. (represented by counsel, John Sweeney) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Australia Date of complaint: 2 September 2015 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Risk of torture upon deportation to Sri Lanka At its meeting on 10 November 2017, the Committee, having ascertained that the complainant had left Australia, returned to Sri Lanka and ceased communication with his counsel, who had been unable to contact him, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 714/2015. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-second session (6 November–6 December 2017). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang. GE.18-00321(E) 

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