CAT/C/37/D/279/2005**
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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
Thirty-seventh session
Concerning
Communication No. 279/2005
Submitted by:
C. T. and K. M. (represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainants
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
7 September 2005 (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 17 November 2006,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 279/2005, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by C. T. and K. 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 complainants are C. T., a citizen of Rwanda, of Hutu ethnicity, and her son, K. M.,
born in Sweden in 2003, both awaiting deportation from Sweden to Rwanda. Although the
complainants do not invoke specific articles of the Convention, their claims appear to raise
issues under article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment. They are represented by counsel1.
1.2 On 9 September 2005, the Committee requested the State party not to deport the
complainants to Rwanda while their case is pending before the Committee, in accordance
with rule 108, paragraph 1, of the Committee’s rules of procedures. On 7 November 2005,
the State party acceded to the Committee’s request.
1
The complainants have been represented by counsel since 22 March 2006, after the initial
submission.