CAT/C/59/D/658/2015 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 28 March 2017 English Original: French Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 658/2015,  Submitted by: M.F. (represented by counsel, Mr. Tarig Hassan) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 9 February 2015 (initial submission) Date of the present decision: 15 November 2016 Subject matter: Expulsion of the complainant to Ethiopia Procedural issues: Non-substantiation of manifestly unfounded Substantive issues: Risk of torture in the event of deportation to country of origin Article of the Convention: 3 claims; complaint 1. The author of the communication, dated 9 February 2015, is M.F., an Ethiopian national born on 5 February 1990. She filed an application for asylum in Switzerland, but her request was rejected. She is the subject of an order for her removal to Ethiopia. She maintains that her forced repatriation to Ethiopia would constitute a violation by Switzerland of article 3 of the Convention. The complainant is represented by counsel, Mr. Tarig Hassan. 1.2 On 11 February 2015, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, requested the State party to refrain from expelling the complainant to Ethiopia while her complaint was being considered by the Committee. The facts as submitted by the complainant 2.1 The complainant is a national of Ethiopia and comes from Addis Ababa. She belongs to the Amhara ethnic group and is Orthodox by religion. 2.2 The complainant alleges that, in 2008-2009 (2001 according to the Ethiopian calendar), while she was working as a nurse at Zewditu hospital, she became a member of  Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-ninth session (7 November-7 December 2016).  The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Ms. Essadia Belmir, Mr. Alessio Bruni, Ms. Felice Gaer, Mr. Abdelwahab Hani, Mr. Claude Heller Rouassant, Mr. Jens Modvig, Ms. Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Ms. Ana Racu, Mr. Sébastien Touzé and Mr. Kening Zhang. GE.17-04946 (E) 230517 230517 

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