CAT/C/56/D/594/2014
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
12 February 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 594/2014
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-sixth session
(9 November-9 December 2015)
Submitted by:
B.M.S (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of communication:
9 February 2014 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
25 November 2015
Subject matter:
Forcible return of a person to another State
where there are substantial grounds for believing
that he would be in danger of being subjected to
torture
Procedural issue:
Level of substantiation of claims
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture of the complainant upon forcible
return to Algeria
Article of the Convention:
3
GE.16-01997(E)
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