CAT/C/54/D/456/2011
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
26 June 2015
English
Original: Spanish
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Committee against Torture
Communication No. 456/2011
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fourth session (20
April to 15 May 2015)
GE.15-10585 (E)
Submitted by:
Hilda Mariolyn Hernández Colmenarez and
Francisco Arturo Guerrero Sánchez
(represented by Humberto Prado, Venezuelan
Prison Observatory)
Alleged victim:
Francisco Dionel Guerrero Larez (husband
and son of the complainants, respectively)
State party:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Date of complaint:
6 September 2010 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
15 May 2015
Subject matter:
Torture and enforced disappearance of the
victim in prison
Procedural issues:
Other procedures of international
investigation or settlement
Substantive issues:
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment;
obligation of the State party to take effective
measures to prevent torture; arrangements for
the custody and treatment of persons
deprived of liberty with a view to preventing
any occurrence of torture; obligation to carry
out a prompt and impartial investigation; and
right to redress
Articles of the Convention:
1, 2, 11, 12, 14 and 16
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