CAT/C/37/D/288/2006
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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
Thirty-seventh session
Concerning
Communication No. 288/2006
Submitted by:
H. S. T. (represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Norway
Date of complaint:
9 January 2006 (initial submission)
Date of the present decision:
16 November 2006
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 16 November 2006,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 288/2006, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by H. S. T. 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 H. S. T., a Mauritanian national, who was denied asylum in Norway
and issued with a departure order on 14 April 2004. His whereabouts are currently unknown
(see para. 5.2 below). He claims that if he is returned to Mauritania,1 he will be subjected to
torture, cruel, and inhuman and degrading treatment, which will constitute a violation by
Norway of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The application was initially submitted by the
1
Mauritania became a State party to the Convention against Torture on 17 November 2004
but did not make a declaration under article 22.