CAT/C/45/D/349/2008
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (forty-fifth session)
concerning
Communication No. 349/2008
Submitted by:
Mükerrem Güclü (represented by counsel,
Ingerman Sahlström)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
29 July 2008 (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 November 2010,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 349/2008, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Ingerman Sahlström on behalf of Mükerrem Güclü 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
and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
1.1. The complainant Mükerrem Güclü, a Turkish national, born on 3 May 1973, is
residing in Sweden and is subject to an order for her deportation to Turkey. She is living
with her husband and daughter, who have also submitted a case to the Committee, Aytulun,
and Güclü v Sweden, No. 373/2009. She claims that her return to Turkey would constitute a
violation by Sweden of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The complainant is represented by
counsel, Mr. Ingemar Sahlström.
1.2. On 31 July 2008, the Rapporteur for new complaints and interim measures requested
the State party not to deport the complainant to Turkey while her case is under
consideration by the Committee, in accordance with rule 108, paragraph 1, of the
Committee's rules of procedure. On the same date, the State party acceded to this request.
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