CAT/C/44/D/302/2006
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under
article 22 of the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (forty-fourth session)
concerning
Communication No. 302/2006
Submitted by:
A.M. (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
France
Date of the complaint:
25 September 2006 (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 5 May 2010,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 302/2006,
submitted to the Committee against Torture by A.M. under article 22 of the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the
complainant and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment
1.1
The complainant, A.M., is a national of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, born in 1960, residing in France and awaiting deportation to his
country of origin. He maintains that such a measure would constitute a
violation by France of article 3 of the Convention. He is not represented by
counsel.
1.2
In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the
Committee brought the complaint to the State party’s attention on 29
September 2006, without attaching a request for interim measures of
protection.
Factual background
2.1
The complainant claims that he left the Democratic Republic of the
Congo after being beaten, tortured and ill-treated by men in uniform,
2