CAT/C/65/D/756/2016
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Advance unedited version
Distr.: General
19 December 2018
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 756/2016 *, **
Communication submitted by:
Mr. T. T. P. (represented by counsel Mr. John
Phillip Sweeney)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
25 May 2016 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 115 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 28 June 2016
Date of the present decision:
14 November 2018
Subject matter:
Deportation to Vietnam
Procedural issues:
Lack of substantiation of claims; non-exhaustion
of domestic remedies; incompatibility with the
Convention
Substantive issues:
Risk to life and risk of torture or ill-treatment in
the event of deportation to country of origin
Article of the Convention:
3
Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fifth session (12 November – 7 December 2018).
The following members of the Committee have participated in the consideration of the
communication: Essadia Belmir, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller, Jens Modvig, Ana
Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Honghong Zhang.
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GE.18-16384(E)