CAT/C/62/D/688/2015 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 21 December 2017 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 688/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: T.Z. (represented by counsel, Stephanie Motz) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 7 July 2015 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 22 November 2017 Subject matter: Deportation of the complainant from Switzerland to Ethiopia Procedural issues: Non-substantiation of claims Substantive issues: Risk of torture upon deportation to country of origin (non-refoulement) Articles of the Convention: 3 and 22 (2) * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-second session (6 November–6 December 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, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang. GE.17-23069(E) 

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