CAT/C/58/D/595/2014 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 16 September 2016 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 595/2014*, ** Communication submitted by: D.M. (represented by counsel, John Phillip Sweeney) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Australia Date of complaint: 8 April 2014 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 8 August 2016 Subject matter: Deportation to Sri Lanka; risk of torture Substantive issues: Non-refoulement Procedural issues: Admissibility — manifestly unfounded Articles of the Convention: 3 and 22 1.1 The complainant is D.M., a national of Sri Lanka born in 1991. He was not granted refugee status in Australia. He claims that if he is deported to Sri Lanka he will face a risk of torture, in violation of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. At the time of the submission of his complaint, his deportation to Sri Lanka was imminent. The complainant is represented by counsel, John Phillip Sweeney. 1.2 On 8 April 2014, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, requested the State party not to deport the complainant to Sri Lanka while the complaint was being considered by the Committee. On 2 May 2016, following a request by the State party dated 31 March 2016, the Committee, acting through the same Rapporteur, denied the request of the State party to lift interim measures. * Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-eighth session (25 July-12 August 2016). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude HellerRouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touze and Kening Zhang. GE.16-16028(E) 

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