Decision; Subjects: SWEDEN, TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT; [CAT: UNO-Antifolterkonvention, Übereinkommen gegen Folter; Convention contre la torture; Convenzione contro la tortura]
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GE.25-07347 (E) 170625 170625 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1165/2022*, ** Communication submitted by: A.A. (represented by counsel, Robert Nyström) Alleged victim: The complainant State Party: Sweden Date of complaint: 23 December 2022 (initial submission) Substantive issues: Deportation to the Syrian Arab Republic; risk of torture 1. The communication, dated 29 September 2022 and submitted on 23 December 2022, was submitted by A.A., a national of the Syrian Arab Republic. He alleges that, by deporting him to the Syrian Arab Republic, Sweden would violate his rights under article 3 of the Convention. He is represented by counsel. 2. On 28 December 2022, the Committee registered the communication and requested the State Party to refrain from deporting the complainant to the Syrian Arab Republic while his communication was pending before the Committee. 3. On 21 June 2023, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the complainant on 28 June 2023. 4. On 12 February 2024, the complainant submitted his comments on the State Party’s observations. 5. On 25 October 2024, the State Party requested that the communication be discontinued, as the complainant had left Sweden in 2023 and there was no record of him returning. The request was transmitted to the complainant on 19 November 2024. 6. On 27 February 2025, the complainant was reminded to submit his comments on the State Party’s request that consideration of the communication be discontinued. The complainant was informed that, in the absence of response by 13 March 2025, the communication could be discontinued. 7. At its meeting on 10 April 2025, in view of the fact that no response had been received, the Committee decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 1165/2022.
* 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/1165/2022 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 17 June 2025 Original: English