CAT/C/52/D/481/2011
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22
of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(Fifty-second session)
concerning
Communication No. 481/2011
Submitted by:
K.N., F.W. and S.N. (represented by Florian Wick)
Alleged victims:
The complainants and the two minor children of
K.N. and F.W.
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
29 September 2011 (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 19 May 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 481/2011, submitted to
the Committee against Torture by Florian Wick on behalf of K.N. et al. 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 complainants,
their counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention
against Torture
1.1
The complainants are K.N., born in 1960; his wife, F.W., born in 1966; and their
adult son, S.N., born in 1990. K.N. and F.W. also present the complaint on behalf of their
two minor children, born in 1996 and 2002. The complainants and the minor children are
nationals of the Islamic Republic of Iran and reside in Switzerland. They claim that their
deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran would constitute a violation by Switzerland of
article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment. The complainants are represented by counsel, Florian Wick.
1.2
On 28 October 2011, in application of rule 114, paragraph 1, of its rules of
procedure, the Committee asked the State party not to expel K.N., F.W. and their children
to the Islamic Republic of Iran while the complaint was being considered.
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