CAT/C/56/D/562/2013
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
10 February 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 562/2013
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-sixth session
(9 November-9 December 2015)
Submitted by:
J.K.
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Canada
Date of complaint:
29 September 2013 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
23 November 2015
Subject matter:
Extradition to Uganda
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon return to country of origin
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies;
lack of substantiation
Article of the Convention:
3
GE.16-01750(E)
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