CAT/C/51/D/376/2009
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
23 December 2013
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Fifty-first session
28 October–22 November 2013
Decision
Communication No. 376/2009
Submitted by:
Djamila Bendib, represented by Alkarama for
Human Rights
Alleged victim:
Mounir Hammouche (the complainant’s son)
State party:
Algeria
Date of complaint:
12 January 2009 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
8 November 2013
Subject matter:
Torture at a police station, resulting in the
death of the victim
Procedural issue:
Procedure of international investigation or
settlement
Substantive issues:
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment;
obligation of the State party to ensure that the
competent authorities conduct a prompt and
impartial investigation; right to lodge a
complaint; right to redress
Articles of the Convention:
1, 2 (para. 1), 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16 of the
Convention
[Annex]
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