CAT/C/54/D/476/2011
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
8 July 2015
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 476/2011
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fourth session, 20
April-15 May 2015
Submitted by:
E.C. (represented by counsel, Mr. Christoph
von Blarer of Anlaufstelle Baselland)
Alleged victim:
E.C.
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
18 August 2011 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
21 April 2015
Subject matter:
Risk of deportation to the Gambia
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Deportation of a person to another State
where there are substantial grounds for
believing that the person would be in danger
of being subjected to torture
Article of the Convention:
Article 3
[Annex]
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