CAT/C/41/D/291/2006
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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. 291/2006
Submitted by:
Saadia Ali (represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Tunisia
Date of the complaint:
2 March 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 21 November 2008,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 291/2006, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Saadia Ali 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 and the
State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against Torture
1.
The complainant is Ms. Saadia Ali, a French-Tunisian national born in 1957 and currently
a resident of France. She claims to be a victim of violations of the following articles of the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment:
article 2, paragraph 1, taken in conjunction with article 1, or, alternatively, article 16,
paragraph 1; and articles 11, 12, 13 and 14, taken separately or in conjunction with article 16,
paragraph 1. She is represented by counsel. The State party made the declaration under article 22
of the Convention on 23 October 1988.
The facts as presented by the complainant
2.1 The complainant was born in Tunisia and holds dual French and Tunisian nationality. Her
usual place of residence is in France. On 22 July 2004, during a trip to Tunisia, the complainant