CAT/C/32/D/148/1999 Page 2 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-second session Concerning Communication No. 148/1999 Submitted by: A. K Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Australia Date of complaint: 13 October 1999 (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 5 May 2004, Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 148/1999, submitted to the Committee against Torture by A. K. 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 author of the complaint, his counsel and the State party, Adopts the following: Decision of the Committee Against Torture under article 22 of the Convention 1.1 The complainant is A. K., a Sudanese national, currently detained at the Immigration Detention Centre, New South Wales. He claims that his forcible return to Sudan would constitute a violation of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment by Australia. The complainant was initially represented by counsel. 1 1 On 20 March 2004, the author’s representatives informed the Committee that they no longer represented the complainant.

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