CAT/C/44/D/322/2007
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (forty-fourth
session)
concerning
Communication No. 322/2007
Submitted by:
Eveline Njamba and her daughter Kathy
Balikosa (represented by counsel, Manuel Boti
Flid)
Alleged victim:
The complainants
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
11 June 2007 (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 14 May 2010,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 322/2007, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Eveline Njamba and her daughter Kathy Balikosa under
article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant,
his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture.
Decision
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The complainants are Eveline Njamba and her daughter Kathy Balikosa, nationals of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and born on 10 April 1975 and 4 March
2001 respectively. They are the subject of an order for deportation from Sweden to the
DRC. While they do not invoke any particular provision of the Convention, their complaint
appears to raise issues under article 3 and possibly article 16. They are represented by
counsel, Mr. Manuel Boti Flid.
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