CAT/C/61/D/755/2016
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
21 September 2017
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 755/2016*,**
Communication submitted by:
Hugues Mbele (represented by Mr. Alexandre
Mwanza, Migrant Arc-En-Ciel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
22 June 2016 (initial submission)
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon deportation
At its meeting on 31 July 2017, the Committee against Torture decided to
discontinue the consideration of communication No. 755/2016 since the complainant had
been granted a renewable residence permit in Switzerland (permit B), and would therefore
not risk to be forcibly removed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-first session (24 July-11 August 2017).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller
Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.
GE.17-16518(E)