CAT/C/37/D/227/2003
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ANNEX
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22 OF THE
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR
DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-seventh session
Concerning
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)
The Committee against Torture, established under Article 17 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 16 November 2006,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 227/2003, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by A. A. C. 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 complainants,
Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
1.1 The complainant is A. A. C., a Bangladeshi national born in 1970 and awaiting
deportation from Sweden to Bangladesh at the time of submission of the complaint. He
claims that his expulsion to Bangladesh would constitute a violation by Sweden of articles 3
and 16 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment. He is represented by counsel.
1.2 On 7 February 2003, the State party was requested, pursuant to rule 108, paragraph 1 of
the Committee's rules of procedure, not to expel the complainant while his complaint was
under consideration by the Committee. On 24 March 2003, the State party informed the
Committee that it acceded to its request not to expel the complainant.