CAT/C/70/D/870/2018
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
22 January 2021
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 870/2018*, **
Communication submitted by:
R.K.K. (represented by counsel, the association
BUCOFRAS)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
17 April 2018 (initial submission)
Substantive issues:
Deportation to the Democratic Republic of the
Congo; risk of torture
On 30 December 2020, the Committee, not having received comments from the
complainant’s counsel on the State party’s observations, despite sending three reminders to
that effect, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 870/2018.
* Adopted by the Committee intersessionally on 30 December 2020.
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Claude Heller, Erdogan Iscan, Liu Huawen, Jens Modvig, Ilvija Puce, Diego
Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov.
GE.21-00830(E)