CAT/C/48/D/414/2010
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
6 July 2012
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 414/2010
Decision adopted by the Committee at its forty-eighth session, 7 May to
1 June 2012
GE.12-43904
Submitted by:
N.T.W. (represented by counsel, Tarig
Hassan)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Switzerland
Date of the complaint:
18 March 2010 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
16 May 2012
Subject matter:
Deportation of the complainant to Ethiopia
Procedural issue:
Lack of substantiation of the claims
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture in the case of deportation of
the complainant
Article of the Convention:
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