CAT/C/52/D/475/2011
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
24 June 2014
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 475/2011
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-second session
(28 April–23 May 2014)
Submitted by:
Mumin Nasirov (represented by counsel,
Irina Sokolova)
Alleged victim:
The complainant’s brother, Sobir Nasirov
State party:
Kazakhstan
Date of complaint:
26 August 2011 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
14 May 2014
Subject matter:
Risk of extradition of the complainant’s brother
to Uzbekistan
Procedural issues:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Extradition of a person to another State where
there are substantial grounds for believing that he
would be in danger of being subjected to torture
Articles of the Convention:
3, 6 and 7
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