CAT/C/50/D/392/2009
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
12 July 2013
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 392/2009
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fiftieth session
GE.13-45411 (E)
Submitted by:
R.S.M. (represented by Carlos Hoyos-Tello)
Alleged victim:
R.S.M.
State party:
Canada
Date of complaint:
9 July 2009 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
24 May 2013
Subject matter:
Expulsion from Canada to Togo
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture after expulsion
Articles of the Convention:
3; 22, paragraph 5 (b)
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