CAT/C/41/D/316/2007
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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-first session
Concerning
Communication No. 316/2007
Submitted by:
L. J. R. (represented by J. L. B.)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of the complaint:
5 April 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 10 November 2008,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 316/2007, submitted to the
Committee against Torture 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 complaint is submitted by L. J. R., a citizen of the United States born in 1971. When
the complaint was submitted, L. J. R. was in prison in Australia and an extradition order to the
United States of America was pending against him. He claimed that his extradition to the United
States, would constitute a violation of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
1.2 By letter dated 10 January 2008, the State party informed the Committee that the
complainant had been surrendered to the United States on 9 January 2008.