CAT/C/82/D/1230/2024

GE.25-06476 (E) 170625 170625 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1230/2024*, ** Communication submitted by: M.H. (represented by counsel, Vadim Drozdov) Alleged victim: The complainant State Party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 31 October 2024 (initial submission) Substantive issues: Deportation to Belarus; risk of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment 1. The communication, dated 31 October 2024, was submitted by M.H., a national of Belarus born in 1973. He claims that, by deporting him to Belarus, the State Party would violate his rights under articles 3 and 16 of the Convention. The complainant is represented by counsel. 2. On 7 November 2024, the Committee registered the communication and requested the State Party to refrain from removing the complainant to Belarus while the communication was pending before the Committee. 3. On 4 April 2025, the complainant informed the Committee that he had been granted refugee status and therefore requested the Committee to discontinue its consideration of the communication. On 8 April 2025, the State Party also requested the Committee to discontinue its consideration of the communication. 4. At its meeting on 10 April 2025, in view of the fact that the complainant had been granted refugee status, the Committee decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 1230/2024.

* 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/1230/2024 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 17 June 2025 Original: English