CAT/C/70/D/932/2019
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
11 February 2021
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 932/2019*, **
Communication submitted by:
R.T. (represented by counsel, John Sweeney)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
14 May 2019 (initial submission)
Substantive issues:
Deportation to Sri Lanka; risk of torture
On 30 December 2020, the Committee, having sent three reminders to counsel for
comments and having been subsequently informed by counsel on 3 July 2020 that he was
unable to locate the complainant, decided to discontinue the examination of communication
No. 932/2019.
* Adopted by the Committee intersessionally on 30 December 2020.
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Claude Heller, Erdogan Iscan, Liu Huawen, Jens Modvig, Ilvija Puce, Diego
Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov.
GE.21-01881(E)