CAT/C/53/D/520/2012
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
20 January 2015
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 520/2012
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-third session
(3–28 November 2014)
Submitted by:
W. G. D. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Canada
Date of complaint:
17 August 2012 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
26 November 2014
Subject matter:
Expulsion to Ethiopia
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies, nonsubstantiation of the claim; claim manifestly illfounded
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture upon return to the country of
origin
Articles of the Convention:
3
GE.15-00716 (E)