CAT/C/52/D/525/2012
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (fifty-second session)
concerning
Communication No. 525/2012
Submitted by:
R.A.Y. (represented by counsel, Mr. Yves
Levano and Mr. Philippe Ohayon)
Alleged victim:
R.A.Y.
State party:
Morocco
Date of complaint:
25 October 2012 (initial submission)
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 16 May 2014,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 525/2012, submitted on behalf
of R.A.Y. under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant,
his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
1.1. The complainant is R.A.Y., born on 1 February 1990, holding dual French and
Algerian nationality and ordinarily resident in France. He claims to be a victim of a
violation of article 15 of the Convention by the Moroccan authorities, which authorized his
extradition to Algeria in a case involving drug trafficking and money-laundering.1 He adds
that, if he was indeed extradited to Algeria, he would also be a victim of a violation of
article 3 of the Convention. The complainant is represented by two lawyers, Mr. Yves
Levano and Mr. Philippe Ohayon.
1.2
On 31 October 2012, the Committee, through its Special Rapporteur on new
communications and interim measures, asked the State party not to extradite the
complainant to Algeria while his complaint was under consideration by the Committee. The
Committee’s request was reiterated to the State party on 15 November 2012 and on 15 May
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2
The extradition was not carried out after the Committee obtained interim measures; the complainant is
still being detained on remand in Morocco.
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