CAT/C/35/D/258/2004
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ANNEX
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22
OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN
OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty- fifth session
Concerning
Communication No. 258/2004
Submitted by:
Mostafa Dadar
Alleged victims:
The complainant
State party:
Canada
Date of the compla int:
29 November 2004 (initial submission)
The Committee against Torture, established under Article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 23 November 2005,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 258/2004, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by Mr. Mostafa Dadar under article 22 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant,
his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention
1.1
The complainant is Mr. Mostafa Dadar, an Iranian national born in 1950, currently
detained in Canada and awaiting deportation to Iran. He claims that his deportation would
constitute a violation of article 3 of the Convention against Torture. The Convention