CAT/C/53/D/511/2012
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
19 January 2014
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 511/2012
Decision adopted by the Committee at its 53rd session
(3–28 November 2014)
Submitted by:
Z. (represented by Norman Gibson)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
29 September 2011 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
26 November 2014
Subject matter:
Right to compensation for acts of torture
committed extraterritorially by officials
of another State
Procedural issues:
Admissibility
Substantive issues:
Article of the Convention:
GE.15-00627 (E)
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