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]
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Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture.
GE.06-45973