CAT/C/66/D/820/2017 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 19 July 2019 English Original: French Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention concerning communication No. 820/2017*, **, *** Communication submitted by: D.B. (represented by counsel, Alexandre Mwanza) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 9 April 2017 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rules 114 and 115 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 13 April 2017 (not issued in document form) Date of present decision: 9 May 2019 Subject matter: Expulsion to Togo Procedural issues: Exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issue: Risk of torture in the event of expulsion on political grounds (non-refoulement) Article(s) of the Convention: 3 1.1 The complainant is D.B., a national of Togo born on 27 August 1985. She is under an expulsion order to Togo and considers that her expulsion would constitute a violation by Switzerland of article 3 of the Convention. The complainant is represented by counsel, Mr. Alexandre Mwanza. 1.2 On 13 April 2017, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, decided to grant the complainant’s request for interim measures and therefore requested the State party to refrain from expelling the complainant to Togo while her complaint was under consideration by the Committee. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-sixth session (23 April–17 May 2019). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Honghong Zhang. *** The text of an individual (dissenting) opinion of Committee member Abdelwahab Hani is appended to the present decision. GE.19-12298 (E) 081019 091019 

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