CAT/C/48/D/343/2008 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 4 July 2012 English Original: English/French Committee against Torture Communication No. 343/2008 Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-eighth session, 7 May to 1 June 2012 GE.12-43835 (E) Submitted by: Arthur Kasombola Kalonzo Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Canada Date of complaint: 4 June 2008 (initial submission) Date of decision: 18 May 2012 Subject matter: Risk of complainant’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Procedural issue: Non-exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issue: Risk of torture upon return Article of the Convention: 3 050712 200712

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