CAT/C/62/D/663/2015 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 9 January 2018 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 663/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: V.K.M. (represented by counsel, Kristina Tollbäck) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Sweden Date of complaint: 24 February 2015 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Risk of torture upon deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran At its meeting on 6 November 2017, the Committee, having ascertained that the complainant had been granted refugee status and a three-year residence permit in Sweden on 11 August 2017 and was therefore no longer at risk of being forcibly removed to the Islamic Republic of Iran, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 663/2015. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-second session (6 November–6 December 2017). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang. GE.18-00315(E) 

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