UNITED NATIONS CAT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr. RESTRICTED* CAT/C/37/D/227/2003 14 December 2006 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Thirty-seventh session 6 – 24 November 2006 DECISION Communication No. 227/2003 Submitted by: A. A. C. (represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Sweden Date of complaint: 6 February 2003 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 16 November 2006 Subject matter: Deportation from Sweden to Bangladesh; previous experience of torture; effect of deportation on mental health. Substantive issues: Risk of present, personal risk of torture; relevance of mental health to question of degrading treatment. Procedural issues: None Articles of the Convention: 3 and 16 [ANNEX] * Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture. GE.06-45973

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