CAT/C/52/D/477/2011
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-second session)
concerning
Communication No. 477/2011
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)
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 19 May 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 477/2011, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Ali Aarrass under article 22 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all the information made available to it by the
complainant and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
1.1
The complainant is Ali Aarrass, a dual Belgian and Moroccan national. He claims to
be a victim of violations of articles 2, 11, 12, 13 and 15 of the Convention. He is
represented by counsel.
1.2
On 15 June 2012, the Committee informed the State party that it had decided to
consider the admissibility of the communication and the merits together.
The facts as submitted by the complainant
2.1
On 1 April 2008, the complainant was stopped and questioned in Spain and
subsequently detained under an international arrest warrant issued by Morocco for
membership of a terrorist organization. Morocco requested his extradition and, following
proceedings conducted in that regard, the complainant was handed over by Spain to the
Moroccan authorities on 14 December 2010.
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