Decision; Subjects: SWITZERLAND, TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT; [CAT: UNO-Antifolterkonvention, Übereinkommen gegen Folter; Convention contre la torture; Convenzione contro la tortura]
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GE.25-06875 (E) 170625 170625 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1157/2022*, ** Communication submitted by: Y.N. (represented by AsyLex) Alleged victim: The complainant State Party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 18 November 2022 (initial submission) Substantive issues: Deportation to Eritrea; risk of torture 1. The communication, dated 18 November 2022, was submitted by Y.N., a national of Eritrea. He claims that, by deporting him to Eritrea, the State Party would violate his rights under article 3 of the Convention. The complainant is represented by counsel. 2. On 22 November 2022, the Committee registered the communication and requested the State Party to refrain from removing the complainant to Eritrea while the communication was pending before the Committee. 3. On 16 May 2023, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and merits of the complaint, which were transmitted to the complainant on 7 July 2023. 4. On 7 September 2023, the complainant submitted his comments on the State Party’s observations. 5. On 6 November 2023, the State Party submitted additional observations. On 30 January 2024, the State Party requested that consideration of the communication be discontinued, as the complainant had been granted asylum status and temporary admission to Switzerland on 25 January 2024. 6. On 3 February 2025, the complainant informed the Committee that he agreed to the discontinuance of the communication. 7. At its meeting on 10 April 2025, in view of the information that the complainant had been granted temporary admission to Switzerland and the fact that both parties agreed to the Committee discontinuing its consideration of the communication, the Committee decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 1157/2022.
* Adopted by the Committee at its eighty-second session (7 April–2 May 2025). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Todd Buchwald, Jorge Contesse, Claude Heller, Erdogan Iscan, Peter Vedel Kessing, Liu Huawen, Maeda Naoko, Ana Racu, Abderrazak Rouwane and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov. United Nations CAT/C/82/D/1157/2022 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 17 June 2025 Original: English