CAT/C/50/D/430/2010
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
16 July 2013
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 430/2010
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fiftieth session
(6–31 May 2013)
GE.13-45615 (E)
Submitted by:
Inass Abichou (née Seifeddine), represented
by Action by Christians for the Abolition of
Torture (ACAT-France)
Alleged victim:
Onsi Abichou (the complainant’s husband)
State party:
Germany
Date of complaint:
25 August 2010 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
21 May 2013
Subject matter:
Expulsion from Germany to Tunisia
Procedural issues:
Matter examined under another procedure of
international settlement and exhaustion of
domestic remedies
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture following extradition
Articles of the Convention:
3 and 22, paragraph 5 (a)
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