CAT/C/47/D/353/2008
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (forty-seventh
session)
concerning
Communication No. 353/2008
Submitted by:
Dmytro Slyusar (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Ukraine
Date of complaint:
28 July 2008 (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 14 November 2011,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 353/2008, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Dmytro Slyusar 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 complainant,
his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
1.
The complainant is Dmytro Slyusar, a citizen of Ukraine, born in 1981. He claims to
be a victim of violations of article 2, paragraph 1, and article 12 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. He is
unrepresented.
The facts as presented by the complainant
2.1
On 17 April 2003, the complainant’s father disappeared under strange
circumstances. Two days before, he allegedly wrote a will whereby he was leaving all his
property to his brother, Yuriy Slyusar. On 18 April 2003, the complainant and his mother
went to the police and other law-enforcement agencies to report the disappearance;
however, no actions were taken to investigate the disappearance. Instead a criminal case
was opened regarding his murder.
2.2
The complainant claims that his uncle, Yuriy Slyusar, created obstacles to the
investigation of the case, by giving false statements and instigating others to give false
statements against the complainant and his mother.
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