CAT/C/34/D/194/2001
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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 TREATM ENT
OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-fourth session
concerning
Communication No. 194/2001
Submitted by:
I. S. D. (represented by counsel, Mr. Didier Rouget)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
France
Date of submission:
8 August 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 3 May 2005,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 194/2001, submitted by Ms. I.
S. D. 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 complainant, her
counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against Torture
1.1
The complainant is I. S. D. , born on 6 November 1972, a Basque of Spanish nationality
who is currently being held in the Ávila II prison in Spain. She is represented by counsel. The
complainant approached the Committee on 8 August 2001 stating that she had been a victim of
violations by France of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment by virtue of her expulsion to Spain.
The facts as submitted by the complainant
2.1
The complainant states that in 1997, fearing arrest and torture by the Spanish security
forces, she took refuge in France. In November 1997, she was arrested by the French police,