CAT/C/47/D/347/2008
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
17 January 2012
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 347/2008
Decision taken by the Committee at its forty-seventh session, from
31 October to 25 November 2011
Submitted by:
N.B-M. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
10 April 2008 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
14 November 2011
Subject matter:
Deportation of the complainant from
Switzerland to the Democratic Republic of
the Congo; risk of torture and cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture following deportation; risk of
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
following deportation
Article of the Convention:
Article 3
[Annex]
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