UNITED
NATIONS
CAT
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.
RESTRICTED*
CAT/C/38/D/298/2006
24 May 2007
ENGLISH
Original: FRENCH
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
Thirty-eighth session
(30 April-18 May 2007)
DECISION
Communication No. 298/2006
Submitted by:
C.A.R.M. et al. (represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainants
State party:
Canada
Date of the complaint:
26 June 2006 (initial submission)
Date of the present decision:
18 May 2007
Subject matter:
Complainant’s expulsion to a country where he risks
being subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment
Basic issues:
Risk of torture in case of expulsion; risk of cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment in case of expulsion
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies and failure to support
allegations
Article of the Convention:
3
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* Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture.
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