CAT/C/54/D/539/2013
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-fourth session)
concerning
Communication No. 539/2013*
Submitted by:
A. B. (represented by counsel, Katarina Nilsson)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
8 March 2013 (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 11 May 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 539/2013, submitted to it by A.
B. under article 22 of the Convention,
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 (7) of the Convention
1.1
The complainant is A. B., a Russian national born in 1986. His request for asylum in
Sweden was rejected and, at the time of submission of the complaint, he was awaiting
deportation to the Russian Federation. He claims that such deportation would constitute a
violation by Sweden of his rights under article 3 of the Convention against Torture. The
complainant is represented by counsel.
1.2
On 15 March 2013, the Committee requested the State party to refrain from
expelling the complainant to the Russian Federation while his complaint was under
consideration by the Committee.
The facts as submitted by the complainant
2.1
The complainant is a Russian citizen of Chechen origin, born in the Dubovsky
District of the Rostov Oblast in Southern Russia. He professes the Muslim faith. In 2007,
he moved to the Republic of Chechnya with his parents and brothers and settled in the
village of Dai in the Shatoy region, approximately 60 kilometres from Grozny. The North
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Felice Gaer,
Abdoulaye Gaye, Claudio Grossman, Jens Modvig, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.
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