CAT/C/39/D/264/2005
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ANNEX
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22 OF
THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR
DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-ninth session
Concerning
Communication No. 264/2005
Submitted by:
A. B. A. O. (represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
France
Date of the complaint:
24 January 2005 (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 8 November 2007,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 264/2005, submitted on behalf of
A. B. A. O. under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all 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, A. B. A. O., a Tunisian national born on 4 April 1957, was detained
in a holding centre in Paris prior to removal when the complaint was submitted. He claims
that his forced repatriation to Tunisia would amount to a violation by France of article 3 of
the Convention. The complainant is represented by two NGOs, the Centre d’information et de
documentation sur la torture (CIDT-Tunisie) and the Collectif de la Communauté Tunisienne
en Europe.1
1.2 In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Committee brought
the complaint to the State party’s attention in a note verbale dated 25 January 2005, asking
the Government to submit information and its comments on admissibility and on the merits of
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The initial complaint was submitted by the Centre d’information et de documentation sur la
torture (CIDT-Tunisie). The complainant subsequently informed the Committee that he was
also represented by the Collectif de la Communauté Tunisienne en Europe.