CAT/C/60/D/701/2015
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Advance unedited version
Distr.: General
22 May 2017
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 701/2015
Decision adopted by the Committee at its sixtieth session
(18 April – 12 May 2017)*
Communication submitted by:
H.K. (represented by counsel, Rishi
Gulati)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
16 September 2015
Date of decision:
10 May 2017
Subject matter:
Deportation from Australia to Pakistan
Procedural issue:
Substantiation of the complaint
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture and ill-treatment
Article of the Convention:
Article 3
*
The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens
Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.
GE.17-03337(E)