CAT/C/52/D/503/2012
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-second session)
concerning
Communication No. 503/2012
Submitted by:
Boniface Ntikarahera, represented by Track
Impunity Always (TRIAL)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Burundi
Date of complaint:
12 April 2012 (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 12 May 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 503/2012, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Mr. Boniface Ntikarahera 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 Mr. Boniface Ntikarahera, born in 1971 in Kirambi, Rusaka
commune, Mwaro Province, and residing in Nyakabiga commune, Bujumbura Province,
Burundi. He claims he was the victim of violations of article 2, paragraph 1, and articles 11,
12, 13 and 14, read in conjunction with article 1 or, alternatively, article 16 of the
Convention. The complainant is represented by counsel.
1.2
On 25 April 2012, in accordance with paragraph 1 of rule 114 (formerly rule 108) of
its rules of procedure (CAT/C/3/Rev.5), the Committee requested the State party to adopt
effective measures, throughout the duration of the Committee’s consideration of the
complaint, to prevent any threats or acts of violence to which the complainant or his family
might be exposed, in particular as a result of having lodged the present complaint.
The facts as submitted by the complainant
2.1
The complainant is a night watchman at Prince Regent Charles Hospital in
Bujumbura. On the night of 17 October 2010, at approximately 3 a.m., he watched two
white pickup trucks park in front of the hospital’s emergency room. The complainant went
to the vehicles to see whether anybody required medical attention. It was then that he
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