CAT/C/53/D/473/2011
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
20 January 2015
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 473/2011
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-third session
(3–28 November 2014)
Submitted by:
Hussein Khademi et al. (represented by counsel,
Bernhard Jüsi)
Alleged victims:
The complainants
State party:
Switzerland
Date of the complaint:
3 August 2011 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
14 November 2014
Subject matter:
Expulsion of the complainants
to the Islamic Republic of Iran
None
Procedural issue:
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon return to the country of
origin
Article of the Convention:
3
GE.15-00709 (E)