CAT/C/55/D/571/2013
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
14 October 2015
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 571/2013
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session
(27 July-14 August 2015)
Submitted by:
M.S. (represented by counsel, Line Bøgsted,
Danish Refugee Council)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Denmark
Date of communication:
22 November 2013 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
10 August 2015
Subject matter:
Risk of torture upon forcible return to
Afghanistan
Procedural issue:
Level of substantiation of claims
Substantive issue:
Forcible return to a State where there are
substantial grounds for believing that the person
would be in danger of being subjected to torture
Article of the Convention:
3
GE.15-17781(E)
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