CAT/C/41/D/332/2007
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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-first session
Concerning
Communication No. 332/2007
Submitted by:
M. M. et al. (represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
22 October 2007 (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 11 November 2008,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 332/2007 submitted to the Committee
against Torture by M.M. 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, his
counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture.
1.1 The complainant is M. M., born in 1978, currently awaiting deportation from Sweden to
Azerbaijan, his country of origin. He was apprehended by Swedish police on 22 October 2007.
The complainant is represented by counsel.
1.2 In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Committee transmitted
the communication to the State party on 26 October 2007 and requested it, under rule 108,
paragraph 1, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, not to expel the complainant to Azerbaijan
while his complaint was under consideration by the Committee. On 10 June 2008, the State party
was informed by note verbale that its request of 23 May 2008 for the lifting of the interim
measures request had been denied.