CAT/C/58/D/627/2014
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
24 November 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 627/2014*, **
Communication submitted by:
H. (represented by counsel, Mathias Blomberg)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
29 August 2014 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
5 August 2016
Subject matter:
Deportation to Bangladesh
Procedural issues:
Examination by another procedure of
international investigation or settlement;
level of substantiation of claims
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture upon return to the country
of origin
Articles of the Convention:
3 and 22
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-eighth session (25 July-12 August 2016).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller
Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.
GE.16-20827(E)