CAT/C/55/D/642/2014
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-fifth session)
concerning
Communication No. 642/2014*
Submitted by:
M.T. (represented by counsel, Eeva Heikkila)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
2 December 2014 (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 7 August 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of the admissibility of complaint No. 642/2014,
submitted to it by M.T. 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 complaint is submitted by M.T., a Russian national born in 1987. He claims that
his deportation to the Russian Federation would constitute a violation by Sweden of article
3 of the Convention. The complainant is represented by counsel.
1.2
On 4 December 2014, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new
complaints and interim measures, requested the State party to refrain from expelling the
complainant to the Russian Federation while his complaint was being considered by the
Committee. On 10 December 2014, the complainant’s counsel informed the Committee that
the complainant had been released from custody and that his deportation had been
suspended.
1.3
On 16 April 2015, at the request of the State party, the Committee, acting through its
Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, decided to examine the admissibility
of the complaint separately from the merits.
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Felice Gaer, Abdoulaye
Gaye, Claudio Grossman, Jens Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.
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