CAT/C/47/D/368/2008
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-seventh
session)
concerning
Communication No. 368/2008*
Submitted by:
Fatou Sonko (represented by counsel Alberto
J. Revuelta Lucerga)
Alleged victim:
Lauding Sonko (deceased)
State party:
Spain
Date of complaint:
23 October 2008 (initial submission)
Subject matter:
Ill-treatment by public officials; denial of
entry into the country
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment
Articles of the Convention:
12; 16, paragraphs 1 and 2
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 25 November 2011,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 368/2008, submitted to
the Committee against Torture 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,
her counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
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The complainant is Ms. Fatou Sonko, a Senegalese national residing in Spain. She
has submitted the complaint on behalf of her brother, Lauding Sonko, born on 16 October
1978. The complainant states that her brother was the victim of a violation by Spain of
* The text of the individual (partially dissenting) opinion of Ms. Felice Gaer, member of the
Committee, is appended herewith.
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