CAT/C/51/D/387/2009
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
17 December 2013
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 387/2009
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-first session, 28 October–
22 November 2013
Submitted by:
Sathurusinghe Jagath Dewage (represented by
counsel, Christopher Yoo and Luke Pistol of
Balmain for Refugees)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
1 June 2009 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
14 November 2013
Subject matter:
Risk of deportation of complainant to Sri Lanka
Substantive issues:
Deportation of a person to another State where
there are substantial grounds for believing that he
would be in danger of being subjected to torture
Procedural issues:
Non-substantiation and incompatibility with the
Convention
Articles of the Convention:
3 and 22
GE.13-49769
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