CAT/C/61/D/804/2017
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
22 September 2017
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 804/2017*, **
Communication submitted by:
L.G. and G.T.
Alleged victims:
The complainants
State party:
Finland
Date of complaint:
5 February 2017 (initial submission)
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon deportation
At its meeting on 31 July 2017, the Committee against Torture, having considered a
request from the complainants, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication
No. 804/2017.
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-first session (24 July-11 August 2017).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens
Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.
GE.17-16716(E)