CAT/C/55/D/554/2013
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 fifth session)
concerning
Communication No. 554/2013*, **
Submitted by:
X. (represented by counsel, Yaroslav Ravdel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Kazakhstan
Date of complaint:
25 June 2013 (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 3 August 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 554/2013, submitted to the
Committee against Torture on behalf of X. under article 22 of the Convention,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant,
his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
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The complainant is X., a citizen of the Russian Federation, born in 1981 in Grozny.
He claims that his extradition to the Russian Federation would constitute a violation by
Kazakhstan of articles 3 (1), 6 and 7 (3) of the Convention against Torture. The
complainant is represented by counsel, Yaroslav Ravdel from the West Kazakhstan office
of the civil organization “Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of
Law”.
1.2
On 28 June 2013, under rule 114 of its rules of procedure, the Committee requested
the State party not to extradite the complainant to the Russian Federation while his
communication was under consideration by the Committee. The request was reiterated on 9
July 2013, 24 March 2014 and 16 April 2014. Nevertheless, the complainant was extradited
to the Russian Federation on 24 April 2014.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Felice Gaer, Abdoulaye
Gaye, Claudio Grossman, Jens Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.
** The text of an individual opinion (dissenting) of Committee member Alessio Bruni is appended to the
present decision.
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