CAT/C/57/D/531/2012 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 10 August 2016 English Original: French Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention concerning Communication No. 531/20121,2 1 2 Communication submitted by: L.A. Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Algeria Date of complaint: 14 August 2012 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 12 May 2016 Subject matter: Intimidation and threats against a judge carrying out his functions and failure to conduct an investigation Procedural issues: None Substantive issues: Right to complain to the competent authorities Articles of the Convention: 13 Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-seventh session (18 April-13 May 2016). The following members of the Committee took part in the consideration of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Khening Zhang. GE.16-13805 (E) 031016 041016 

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