CAT
UNITED
NATIONS
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
Distr.
RESTRICTED*
CAT/C/39/D/308/2006
21 November 2007
Original: ENGLISH
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
Thirty-ninth session
(5 – 23 November 2007)
DECISION
Communication No. 308/2006
Submitted by:
K. A. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victims:
The complainant, the complainant’s husband,
R. A. and their children, A. A. and V. A.
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
16 October 2006 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
16 November 2007
Subject matter: Deportation of complainant and family to Azerbaijan.
Substantive issues: Risk of being subjected to torture; existence of pattern of gross,
flagrant or mass violations of human rights; relevance of state of health to question of
degrading treatment.
Procedural issue: Manifestly unfounded claim.
Article of the Convention: 3
[ANNEX]
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Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture.
GE.07-45456