CAT/C/59/D/644/2014
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
19 January 2017
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 644/2014,
Communication submitted by:
R.O. (represented by counsel, Lena Isaksson)
Alleged victims:
The complainant and her three minor daughters
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
8 December 2014 (initial submission)
Date of present decision:
18 November 2016
Subject matter:
Deportation to Nigeria
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Non-refoulement; risk of torture upon return to
country of origin
Article of the Convention:
3
1.1
The complainant is R.O., born on 21 October 1975. She submits the complaint on
her own behalf and on behalf of her three minor daughters: X., Y. and Z., born on 2
November 2005, 29 November 2008 and 19 October 2012, respectively. All are Nigerian
nationals. She claims that, by deporting her daughters and herself to Nigeria, the State party
would violate their rights under article 3 of the Convention. The Convention came into
force in the State party on 26 June 1987, and it has made the declaration under article 22 of
the Convention. The complainant is represented by counsel.
1.2
On 18 December 2014, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new
complaints and interim measures, requested the State party not to expel the complainant
and her daughters to Nigeria while their complaint was being considered by the Committee.
Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-ninth session (7 November-7 December 2016).
The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens
Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.
GE.17-00768(E)