CAT/C/70/D/876/2018
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
11 February 2021
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 876/2018*, **
Communication submitted by:
F.S. (represented by counsel, Florian Wick)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
12 June 2018 (initial submission)
Substantive issues:
Deportation to Ethiopia; risk of torture
On 30 December 2020, the Committee, having been informed by the parties that the
complainant had received a provisional residence permit based on family reunification and
was therefore no longer subject to removal from Switzerland, decided to discontinue the
examination of communication No. 876/2018.
* 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.21-01878(E)