CAT/C/56/D/671/2015
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-sixth session)
concerning
Communication No. 671/2015*, **
Submitted by:
D.I.S. (represented by counsel, Jano Christopher
Ugyved)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Hungary
Date of complaint:
31 March 2015 (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 30 November 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 671/2015, submitted to it by
D.I.S. 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 D.I.S., Canadian national of Jewish faith, born in 1976. At the
moment of the initial submission, he was under extradition detention in Budapest awaiting
extradition to the United States of America. He claims that his extradition would amount to
a violation by Hungary of articles 2, 3, 11 and 16 of the Convention. He is represented by
counsel, Jano Christopher Ugyved.
1.2
On 7 April 2015, in application of rule 114 (1) of its rules of procedure, the
Committee requested the State party to refrain from extraditing the complainant to the
United States while the communication was being considered by the Committee. The
request was reiterated on 27 April and on 3 June 2015.1
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Abdoulaye Gaye, Claudio Grossman,
Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Jens Modvig, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.
** The text of an individual opinion (dissenting) of Committee member Alessio Bruni is appended to the
present decision.
1
The State party submitted and reiterated its request to lift the interim measures, respectively, on 15,
17, 21 and 23 April 2015.
2