CAT/C/52/D/402/2009
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
13 June 2014
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 402/2009
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-second session (28 April–
23 May 2014)
Submitted by:
Nouar Abdelmalek (represented by Philip
Grant of Track Impunity Always (TRIAL)
– Swiss Association against Impunity)
Alleged victim:
Nouar Abdelmalek
State party:
Algeria
Date of complaint:
17 July 2009 (initial submission)
Date of previous decision:
18 November 2013 (admissibility)
Date of present decision:
23 May 2014
Subject matter:
Torture in detention for the purpose of
obtaining confessions
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment; obligation to
systematically monitor interrogation rules
and practices; obligation to conduct a
prompt and impartial investigation; right to
an effective remedy; right to
compensation; prohibition against using
confessions obtained under torture
Articles of the Covenant:
1, 2 (para. 1), 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15;
and, alternatively, article 16
[Annex]
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