CAT/C/56/D/565/2013
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
11 February 2016
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 565/2013
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-sixth session (9
November-9 December 2015)
GE.16-01900 (E)
Submitted by:
S.A.P. et al. (represented by counsel,
Mr. Marcel Zirngast)
Alleged victim:
S.A.P. et al.
State party:
Switzerland
Date of complaint:
11 November 2013 (initial submission)
Date of present Decision:
25 November 2015
Subject matter:
Expulsion of complainants to the
Russian Federation
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Risk of torture upon return to the country of
origin
Article of the Covenant:
3
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