UNITED
NATIONS
CAT
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.
RESTRICTED*
CAT/C/41/D/323/2007
21 November 2008
ENGLISH
Original: SPANISH
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
Forty-first session
(3-21 November 2008)
DECISION
Communication No. 323/2007
Submitted by:
J.H.A.
On behalf of:
P.K. et al.
State party:
Spain
Date of the complaint:
7 May 2007 (initial submission)
Date of the present decision:
10 November 2008
Subject matter:
Detention of 23 Indian immigrants in Mauritania under
Spanish control.
Substantive issues:
-
Procedural issues:
Lack of jurisdiction of the State party, absence of
locus standi, failure to exhaust available domestic remedies
Article of the Convention:
22
[ANNEX]
* Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture.
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