CAT/C/54/D/456/2011
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. 456/2011 *
Submitted by:
Hilda Mariolyn Hernández Colmenarez and
Francisco Arturo Guerrero Sánchez (represented
by Mr. 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)
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 15 May 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 456/2011, submitted to the
Committee by Hilda Mariolyn Hernández Colmenarez and Francisco Arturo Guerrero
Sánchez under article 22 of the Convention,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the
complainants, their counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention
1.
The complaint is submitted by Hilda Mariolyn Hernández Colmenarez and
Francisco Arturo Guerrero Sánchez on behalf of Francisco Dionel Guerrero Larez,
their husband and son, respectively, all of whom are Venezuelan nationals, born on 4
May 1974, 15 December 1945 and 21 March 1973, respectively. The complainants
allege that the State party has violated the rights of Mr. Guerrero Larez under articles
2, 11 and 14 of the Convention. The Committee considers that the facts before it may
also raise issues under articles 12 and 16 of the Convention (see paras. 3.6, 3.7 and 5.4
below). The complainants are represented by counsel.
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* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Ms. Essadia Belmir, Mr. Alessio Bruni, Mr. Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Ms. Felice
Gaer, Mr. Abdoulaye Gaye, Mr. Jens Modvig, Mr. Claudio Grossman, Mr. George Tugushi and Mr.
Kening Zhang.
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