CAT/C/66/D/729/2016 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 14 June 2019 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 729/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: I.A. (represented by counsel, Johan Lagerfelt) Alleged victims: The complainant and his two children State party: Sweden Date of complaint: 26 January 2016 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rules 114 and 115 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 10 February 2016 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of decision: 23 April 2019 Subject matter: Deportation to the Russian Federation; risk to life; risk of torture Procedural issue: Failure to sufficiently substantiate claims Substantive issue: Risk to life or risk of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment if deported to country of origin (non-refoulement) Article of the Convention: 3 1.1 The complainant is I.A., a national of the Russian Federation born in 1980, who brings claims on his own behalf and on behalf of his two minor children, M.A. and A.A. He claims that the State party would violate his rights and his children’s rights under article 3 of the Convention if he was deported to the Russian Federation. The complainant is represented by counsel. 1.2 On 10 February 2016, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, asked the State party not to expel the complainant while the complaint was being considered. 1.3 By its note verbale dated 1 November 2018, the State party requested the Committee to lift its request for interim measures. On 18 March 2019, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, decided to maintain its request for interim measures. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-sixth session (23 April–17 May 2019). ** 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 and Honghong Zhang. GE.19-09724(E) 

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