CAT/C/46/D/310/2007
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-sixth session)
concerning
Communication No. 310/2007
Submitted by:
Tony Chahin (represented by counsel, Mr. Bo
Johansson)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
20 December 2006 (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 30 May 2011,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 310/2007, submitted to
the Committee against Torture by Tony Chahin 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.
1.1
The complainant is Tony Chahin, a Syrian national born in 1964, currently illegally
residing in Sweden, where he returned in 2003, despite a lifetime prohibition to re-enter the
country, and where he has since been living in hiding. He claims to be a victim of torture
suffered following his deportation from Sweden to Syria in 1997 and that his anew
deportation to Syria would again expose him to a risk of being subjected to torture, in
violation of article 3 of the Convention. He is represented by counsel.
1.2
In his initial submission dated 20 December 2006, the complainant asked the
Committee to request the State party to take interim measures by not deporting him to Syria
until the Committee has taken a final decision on his communication. On 10 January 2008,
the Special Rapporteur on New Communications and Interim Measures informed the
complainant and the State party of his decision not to accede to the request for interim
measures, while indicating that this decision could be reviewed and a request for interim
measures formulated once the complainant would quit hiding. On 13 December 2007,
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