CAT/C/61/D/515/2012
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
22 September 2017
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 515/2012*, **
Communication submitted by:
J.T.
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Canada
Date of complaint:
28 July 2012 (initial submission)
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon deportation
At its meeting on 10 August 2017, the Committee against Torture, having
considered new information submitted by the counsel for the complainant, decided to
discontinue the consideration of communication No. 515/2012.
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-first session (24 July-11 August 2017).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens
Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.
GE.17-16715(E)