CAT/C/53/D/482/2011
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
19 January 2015
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 482/2011
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-third session
(3–28 November 2014)
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Submitted by:
R.S. et al. (represented by Ms. Karine
Povlakic, Service d’aide juridique aux
exilé-e-s (SAJE))
Alleged victims:
R.S. et al.
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
3 November 2011 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
21 November 2014
Subject matter:
Deportation to Kosovo1
Procedural issue:
None
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture
Articles of the Convention:
3 and 22
All references to Kosovo in the present document should be understood to be in full compliance with
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.
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