CAT/C/56/D/586/2014
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
28 January 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 586/2014
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-sixth session
(9 November-9 December 2015)
Submitted by:
R.G. et al. (represented by counsel,
Johan Lagerfelt)
Alleged victims:
The complainants
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
21 January 2014 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
25 November 2015
Subject matter:
Deportation to the Russian Federation
Procedural issues:
Admissibility; - substantiation
Substantive issues:
Non-refoulement
Articles of the Convention:
3 and 22
GE.16-01187(E)
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