CAT/C/63/D/703/2015 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 20 June 2018 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 703/2015*, ** Communication submitted by: I.U.K. et al. (represented by counsel, Jytte Lindgård) Alleged victims: The complainants State party: Denmark Date of complaint: 6 October 2015 (initial submission) Date of present decision: 17 May 2018 Subject matter: Deportation to the Russian Federation Procedural issue: Admissibility — manifestly unfounded Substantive issues: Risk of torture upon return to country of origin; non-refoulement Article of the Convention: 3 1.1 The complainants are I.U.K. and his wife, R.R.K., born in 1980 and 1981, respectively. The complaint is also submitted on behalf of their three minor children, Bi.I.K., M.I.K. and Bu.I.K., born in 2001, 2004 and 2011, respectively. The complainants are ethnic Chechens of the Muslim faith holding the citizenship of the Russian Federation. At the time of submission, they were residing in Denmark and awaiting their deportation to the Russian Federation, following the rejection of their asylum applications. They claim that their return to the Russian Federation would constitute a violation by Denmark of article 3 of the Convention. The complainants are represented by counsel. 1.2 On 13 October 2015, pursuant to rule 114 of its rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, requested the State party to refrain from returning the complainants to the Russian Federation while their complaint was being considered by the Committee. In accordance with the Committee’s request, on 16 October 2015, the Refugee Appeals Board suspended the time limit for the complainants’ departure from Denmark until further notice. On 13 April 2016 and 5 May 2017, the State party requested the Committee to lift the interim measures. On 25 October 2016 and 7 March 2018, respectively, the Committee, acting through the same Rapporteur, denied the requests of the State party to lift the interim measures. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-third session (23 April–18 May 2018). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé and Honghong Zhang. Pursuant to rule 109 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, Jens Modvig and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov did not participate in the consideration of the communication. GE.18-10056(E) 

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