CAT/C/56/D/580/2014
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
9 February 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 580/2014
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-sixth session
(9 November-9 December 2015)
Submitted by:
F.K. v. Denmark (represented by counsel NielsErik Hansen)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Denmark
Date of complaint:
19 December 2013 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
23 November 2015
Subject matter:
Deportation to Turkey
Procedural issues:
Admissibility – manifestly ill-founded; nonexhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Non-refoulement; torture; cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment
Articles of the Convention:
3, 12 and 16
GE.16-01710(E)
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