CAT/C/67/D/786/2016 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 3 October 2019 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 786/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: G.S. (represented by counsel, Rajwinder Bhambi) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Canada Date of complaint: 24 November 2016 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Risk of torture and ill-treatment upon deportation to India At its meeting on 26 July 2019, the Committee, not having received comments from the complainant’s counsel on the State party’s observations on the admissibility and merits, despite sending three reminders to that effect, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 786/2016. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-seventh session (22 July–9 August 2019). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón and Sébastien Touzé. GE.19-16932(E) 

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