CAT/C/56/D/545/2013
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-sixth session)
concerning
Communication No. 545/2013*
Submitted by:
Z (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
30 July 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 25 November 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 545/2013, submitted to it by Z
under article 22 of the Convention,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant
and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22 (7) of the Convention
1.1
The complainant is Z, a national of Armenia born on 9 August 1975 and residing in
Switzerland. He claims that his deportation to Armenia would constitute a violation by
Switzerland of article 3 of the Convention. The complainant is a lawyer and is
self-represented.
1.2
On 11 November 2013, the communication was registered and the Committee
requested the State party, pursuant to rule 114, paragraph 1, of its rules of procedure, not to
remove the complainant to Armenia while the complaint was being considered. On 3 July
2014, the Committee granted the State party’s request to split the consideration of the
admissibility and merits of the communication, on the ground that the complainant had left
the State party’s territory. However, on 2 February 2015, the complainant informed the
Committee that he had returned to Switzerland. Thereafter, the State party submitted further
observations on both admissibility and the merits.
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2
The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Abdoulaye Gaye,
Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Jens Modvig, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.