CAT/C/55/D/500/2012
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
14 October 2015
English
Original: Spanish
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 500/2012
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session (27 July14 August 2015)
GE.15-17782 (E)
Submitted by:
Ramiro Ramírez Martínez, Rodrigo Ramírez
Martínez, Orlando Santaolaya Villarreal and
Ramiro López Vásquez (represented by the
Mexican Commission for the Defence and
Promotion of Human Rights and by the
World Organization against Torture)
Alleged victims:
The complainants
State party:
Mexico
Date of complaint:
15 March 2012
Date of present Decision:
4 August 2015
Subject matter:
Arbitrary detention and torture
Procedural issue:
Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment
Articles of the Convention:
1, 2, 12-16 and 22
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