CAT/C/54/D/468/2011
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (fifty-fourth session)
concerning
Communication No. 468/2011 *
Submitted by:
Z (represented by Tarig Hassan)
Alleged victim:
Z
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
20 June 2011 (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 5 May 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 468/2011, submitted to the
Committee against Torture on behalf of Z under article 22 of the Convention,
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
1.1 The complainant is Z, an Algerian national born on 26 June 1974 and residing in
Switzerland. He maintains that his forced return to Algeria would constitute a
violation by Switzerland of article 3 of the Convention. He is represented by counsel,
Tarig Hassan.
1.2 On 12 July 2011, the Committee, through its Rapporteur on new complaints and
interim measures, requested the State party to refrain from expelling the complainant
to Algeria while his communication was under consideration by the Committee.
The facts as submitted by the complainant
2.1 The complainant, who is originally from Aïn Témouchent, is a graduate in
computer science. In September 2000 he received an order to report for military
service. During his service, he was assigned first to the Spe cial Forces Training
School, where he spent six months working in the information technology section and
as an interpreter, and then to the Land Forces Command within the Department of
Military Infrastructure. Because of the duties entrusted to him (the co mplainant was
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* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Ms. Essadia Belmir, Mr. Alessio Bruni, Mr. Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Mr.
Abdoulaye Gaye, Mr. Jens Modvig, Mr. Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Mr. George Tugushi and Mr.
Kening Zhang.
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