CAT/C/31/D/199/2002
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ANNEX
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22
OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN
OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-first session
Concerning
Communication No. 199/2002
Submitted by:
Ms. Hanan Ahmed Fouad Abd El Khalek Attia
(represented by Mr. Bo Johansson of the Swedish
Refugee Advice Centre)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State Party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
28 December 2001
The Committee against Torture, established under Article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 17 November 2003,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 199/2002, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Ms. Hanan Ahmed Fouad Abd El Khalek Attia 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:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention
1.1
The complainant is Ms. Hanan Ahmed Fouad Abd El Khalek Attia, an Egyptian
national born on 13 July 1964, currently present in Sweden. She claims that for Sweden to
remove her to Egypt would violate article 3 of the Convention. She is represented by counsel.
1.2
On 14 January 2002, pursuant to Rule 108(9), of the Committee’s Rules of
Procedure, the State party was requested not to expel the complainant to Egypt while her
complaint was before the Committee. It was stated that this request could be reviewed in the
light of detailed information provided by the State party on the whereabouts of the
complainant’s husband and his conditions of detention. On 18 January 2002, further to the
Committee’s request, the Swedish Migration Board decided to stay enforcement of the