CAT/C/47/D/312/2007
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
11 January 2012
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 312/2007
Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, 31
October to 25 November 2011
GE.12-40060
Submitted by:
Hamid Reza Eftekhary
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Norway
Date of the complaint:
24 October 2006 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
25 November 2011
Subject matter:
Deportation of the complainant to the Islamic
Republic of Iran
Procedural issue:
Insufficient substantiation
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment in the event of
deportation
Article of the Convention:
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