CAT/C/55/D/554/2013
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
9 October 2015
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 554/2013
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session
(27 July-14 August 2015)
1
Submitted by:
X. (represented by counsel, Yaroslav Ravdel)1
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Kazakhstan
Date of complaint:
25 June 2013 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
3 August 2015
Subject matter:
Extradition to the Russian Federation
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture and death upon return to the country
of origin
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies, substantiation
of the complaint
Article of the Convention:
3, 6, 7 and 22
The submission to the Committee was made on behalf of the complainant by his mother.
GE.15-17474(E)
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