CAT/C/41/D/326/2007
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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-first session
Concerning
Communication No. 326/2007
Submitted by:
M. F. (represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
2 July 2007 (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 14 November 2008,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 326/2007, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by M. F. 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, his
counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture.
1.1 The complainant is M. F., a national of Bangladesh, born in 1983. He faces deportation
from Sweden to Bangladesh. He claims that his deportation would constitute a violation by
Sweden of articles 3 and 16 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The complainant is represented by counsel.
1.2 On 3 July 2007, the Rapporteur for new complaints and interim measures requested the
State party not to deport the complainant to Bangladesh while his case is under consideration by
the Committee, in accordance with rule 108, paragraph 1, of the Committee’s rules of procedures.
On the same day, the State party acceded to this request.