UNITED
NATIONS
CAT
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.
RESTRICTED*
CAT/C/23/D/63/1997
5 June 2000
ENGLISH
Original: FRENCH
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
Twenty-third session
(8-19 November 1999)
VIEWS
Communication No. 63/1997
Submitted by:
Josu Arkauz Arana
[represented by counsel]
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
France
Date of communication:
16 December 1996
Date of present decision:
9 November 1999
[See annex]
* Made public by decision of the Committee against Torture.
GE.00-42589 (E)