CAT/C/59/D/603/2014
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
11 January 2017
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the
Convention, concerning communication No. 603/2014*, **
Communication submitted by:
K.S.
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Australia
Date of complaint:
12 May 2014 (initial submission)
Substantive issue:
Risk of torture upon deportation
At its meeting on 30 November 2016, the Committee against Torture decided to
discontinue the consideration of communication No. 603/2014 because the author had left
Australia voluntarily and had not responded to any of the further requests for comment and
reminders sent to him.
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-ninth session (7 November-7 December 2016).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Felice Gaer, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig,
Ana Racu, Sébastien Touzé and Kening Zhang.
GE.17-00406(E)