CAT/C/57/D/558/2013 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 13 June 2016 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 558/2013*, ** Communication submitted by: R.D. et al. (represented by counsel Mohammad Zameer Takun Jauhan) Alleged victim: The complainants State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 23 August 2013 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 13 May 2016 Subject matter: Deportation to Belarus or Russian Federation Procedural issues: Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies; claims incompatible with the Convention Substantive issues: Non-refoulement Articles of the Convention: 3 and 22 * Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-seventh session (18 April-13 May 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude-Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Ana Racu and Kening Zhang. GE.16-09653(E) 

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