CAT/C/33/D/223/2002
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ANNEX
DECISION (VIEWS) OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER
ARTICLE 22 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-third session
Concerning
Communication No. 223/2002
Submitted by:
S.U.A. (represented by counsel)
Alleged victims:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
12 December 2002
The Committee against Torture, established under Article 17 of the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment,
Meeting on 22 November 2004,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 223/2002, submitted to
the Committee against Torture by S.U.A. 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
complainant, his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention
1.1
The complainant is S.U.A., a Bangladeshi citizen born in 1972 currently
awaiting deportation from Sweden. He claims that his expulsion to Bangladesh would
constitute a violation by Sweden of article 3 of the Convention. He is represented by
counsel.
1.2
In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Committee
transmitted the complaint to the State party on 13 December 2002. Pursuant to rule
108, paragraph 1, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the State party was
requested not to expel the complainant to Bangladesh pending the consideration of his
case by the Committee. On 6 February 2003 the State party informed the Committee
that on 13 December 2002 the Swedish Migration Board decided to stay the
enforcement of the decision to expel the complainant to Bangladesh.