CAT/C/65/D/778/2016 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 31 January 2019 English Original: Spanish Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 778/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: Estela Deolinda Yrusta and Alejandra del Valle Yrusta (represented by the Provincial Public Defender of Santa Fe, Gabriel Ganon) Alleged victims: The complainants and their disappeared brother, Roberto Agustín Yrusta State party: Argentina Date of communication: 10 November 2015 (initial submission) Date of adoption of Views: 23 November 2018 Subject matter: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; lack of effective investigation and redress Procedural issues: Exhaustion of domestic remedies; competence ratione materiae; examination of the same case by another international settlement procedure Substantive issues: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; obligation of the State party to ensure that the competent authorities conduct a prompt and impartial investigation; right to file a complaint; right to redress Articles of the Convention: 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 and 14 1.1 The complainants are Ms. Estela Deolinda Yrusta and Ms. Alejandra del Valle Yrusta, sisters of Mr. Roberto Agustín Yrusta, an Argentine national born on 29 August 1980. The complainants claim to be victims of violations by the State party of articles 2, 6, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The complainants are represented by the Provincial Public Defender of Santa Fe, Gabriel Ganon. 1.2 Argentina declared that it recognized the competence of the Committee to receive and consider individual communications under article 22 of the Convention on 24 September 1986. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fifth session (12 November–7 December 2018). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Honghong Zhang. GE.19-01524 (E) 290419 290419 

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