CAT/C/33/D/218/2002
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ANNEX
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE
22 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL,
INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-third session
Concerning
Communication No. 218/2002
Submitted by:
Mr. L. J. R. C.
(not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
16 September 2002
The Committee against Torture, established under Article 17 of the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment,
Meeting on 22 November 2004,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 218/2002, submitted to
the Committee against Torture by Mr. L. J. R. C. 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 and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention
1. The complainant is L. J. R. C. , an Ecuadorian citizen, born in 1977, currently
facing deportation from Sweden to Ecuador. He claims that he would be at risk of
being subjected to torture if returned to Ecuador in violation of article 3 of the
Convention. He is not represented by counsel.
The facts as submitted by the complainant:
2.1.
The complainant performed his military service in 1997 and was a military
trainee from January until the end of May 2000. On 13 May 2000, while he was at the
military base of Cononaco, he allegedly witnessed the torture and summary execution