CAT/C/56/D/591/2014
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
17 February 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 591/2014
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-sixth session
(9 November-9 December 2015)
Submitted by:
K (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
17 March 2014 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
25 November 2015
Subject matter:
Deportation to Sri Lanka
Procedural issue:
Failure to substantiate complaint
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon return to country
of origin
Article of the Convention:
3
GE.16-02288(E)
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