CAT/C/66/D/777/2016 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 7 June 2019 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 777/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: R.D. et al. (represented by counsel, Stewart Istvanffy) Alleged victims: The complainants State party: Canada Date of complaint: 27 October 2016 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Risk of torture upon deportation to India At its meeting on 3 May 2019, the Committee, having been informed that the complainants had been granted permanent residence status in Canada, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 777/2016. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-sixth session (23 April–17 May 2019). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Honghong Zhang. Mr. Hani expressed reservations about the decision, without entering an individual opinion pursuant to rule 119 of the Committee’s rules of procedure. GE.19-09219(E) 

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