CAT/C/54/D/550/2013
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (fifty-fourth session)
concerning
Communication No. 550/2013*
Submitted by:
S.K. and others (represented by counsel,
Johan Lagerfelt)
Alleged victims:
The complainants
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
23 May 2013 (initial submission)
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 8 May 2015,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 550/2013, submitted to it on
behalf of S.K., his wife Z.K. and their daughter M.K., under article 22 of the Convention,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainants,
their counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22 (7) of the Convention
1.1
The complainants are S.K. (the first complainant), his wife Z.K. (the second
complainant) and their daughter M.K. (the third complainant), all Russian nationals, born in
1946, 1957 and 1993, respectively. Their request for asylum in Sweden was rejected and, at
the time of submission of the complaint, they were awaiting deportation to the Russian
Federation. They claim that by deporting them, Sweden would violate their rights under
article 3 of the Convention. The complainants are represented by counsel, Johan Lagerfelt.
1.2
On 24 May 2013, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints
and interim measures under rule 114, paragraph 1, of its rules of procedure, requested the
State party to refrain from expelling the complainants to the Russian Federation while their
complaint was under consideration by the Committee.
The facts as presented by the complainants
2.1
The complainants used to live in Chechnya, in the Russian Federation. The first and
second complainants have three children, two sons and a daughter. Both sons had been
* The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Abdoulaye Gaye,
Jens Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang.
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