CAT/C/54/D/491/2012
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
2 July 2015
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 491/2012
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fourth session
(20 April–15 May 2015)
Submitted by:
E. E. E. (represented by counsel, Stephanie
Motz, Advokatur Kanonengasse)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
16 February 2012 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
8 May 2015
Subject matter:
Deportation of the complainant to Ethiopia
Procedural issues:
Lack of substantiation of claims; exhaustion of
domestic remedies
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon return to the country
of origin
Article of the Convention:
Article 3
GE.15-11100 (E)