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 1.1 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. 2 GE.12-40869

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