CAT/C/58/D/682/2015
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
13 September 2016
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention concerning Communication No. 682/2015*,**
Submitted by:
Rouba Alhaj Ali (represented by Rachid Mesli,
Alkarama Foundation)
Alleged victim:
Abdul Rahman Alhaj Ali, the complainant’s
husband
State party:
Morocco
Date of complaint:
22 May 2015 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
3 August 2016
Subject matter:
Extradition of the complainant’s husband to
Saudi Arabia
Procedural issues:
None
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
1.1
The complainant is Rouba Alhaj Ali, a Syrian national living in Morocco who was
born on 25 September 1990. She is submitting the complaint on behalf of her husband,
Abdul Rahman Alhaj Ali, a Syrian national born on 15 March 1977, who is currently being
detained in the civilian prison in Salé, Rabat, Morocco, awaiting extradition to Saudi
Arabia. The complainant alleges that her husband’s extradition by Morocco to Saudi Arabia
would be in violation of the State party’s obligations under article 3 of the Convention. She
is represented by Rachid Mesli of Alkarama Foundation.
* 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 communication: Mr.
Alessio Bruni, Ms. Felice Gaer, Mr. Abdelwahab Hani, Mr. Claude Heller Rouassant, Mr. Jens
Modvig, Ms. Ana Racu, Mr. Sébastien Touzé and Mr. Kening Zhang. Pursuant to rule 109 (1) (c) of
the Committee’s rules of procedure, Ms. Essadia Belmir did not participate in the consideration of the
communication.
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