CAT/C/62/D/692/2015
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
22 January 2018
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 692/2015*, **
Communication submitted by:
Ragulan Thurairajah
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Netherlands
Date of complaint:
13 July 2015 (initial submission)
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon deportation to Sri Lanka
At its meeting on 6 November 2017, the Committee against Torture, having
ascertained that the complainant had voluntarily left the Netherlands on 16 April 2017 and
having received confirmation from his counsel that he agreed with the State party’s request
for discontinuance, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No.
692/2015.
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-second session (6 November–6 December 2017).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens
Modvig, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Khening Zhang.
GE.18-00926(E)