CAT/C/56/D/586/2014
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (fifty-sixth session)
concerning
Communication No. 586/2014*
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)
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 25 November 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 586/2014, submitted to it by
R.G. et al. under article 22 of the Convention,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainants,
their counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22 (7) of the Convention
1.1
The complainants are R.G., his wife L.G. and their children, all four of them minors.
The complainants are nationals of the Russian Federation, of Chechen ethnicity, and belong
to the Mialkhiy minority group. At the time of submission they were residing in Sweden
and awaiting deportation to the Russian Federation. They claim that their deportation to the
Russian Federation by Sweden would violate their rights under article 3 of the Convention.
The family’s deportation was not scheduled for a specific date. However, at the time that
the complaint was submitted to the Committee, the family had already been summoned to
the Migration Board to discuss their return. The complainants are represented by counsel.
1.2
Under rule 114 of its rules of procedure, the Committee requested the State party, on
30 January 2014, not to deport the complainants to the Russian Federation while their
communication was under consideration by the Committee.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Abdoulaye Gaye, Jens
Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.
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