CAT/C/52/D/477/2011
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
24 June 2014
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 477/2011
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-second session (28 April–
23 May 2014)
Submitted by:
Ali Aarrass (represented by counsel, Ms.
Dounia Alamat and Mr. Christophe
Marchand)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Morocco
Date of complaint:
3 October 2011 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
19 May 2014
Subject matter:
Torture in police custody
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment; obligation of the State party to
proceed to a prompt and impartial
investigation; prohibition on invoking
statements made as a result of torture as
evidence
Articles of the Convention:
2, para. 1; 11; 12; 13; and 15
[Annex]
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