CAT/C/54/D/490/2012
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. 490/2012*
Submitted by:
E.K.W. (represented by the Refugee Advice
Centre)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Finland
Date of complaint:
2 February 2012 (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 4 May 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 490/2012, submitted to it by
E.K.W. under article 22 of the Convention,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant
and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22 (7) of the Convention
1.1
The complainant is E.K.W., a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
born on 27 April 1976. She claims that her deportation from Finland to the Democratic
Republic of the Congo would constitute a violation of article 3 of the Convention. The
complainant has a common-law husband and two children, both of them minors, born in
Finland. The complainant is represented by counsel.
1.2
On 3 February 2012, in application of rule 114, paragraph 1, of its rules of
procedure, the Committee asked the State party not to expel the complainant to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo while her complaint was being considered by the
Committee. On 9 July 2012, the State party informed the Committee that it had acceded to
the request.
Facts as submitted by the complainant
2.1
The complainant was born and resided in Kinshasa. She worked with the nongovernmental organization Lisanga Boboto, the aim of which was to support women in the
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Felice Gaer,
Abdoulaye Gaye, Jens Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.
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