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.25-07345 (E) 170625 170625 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 937/2019*, ** Communication submitted by: A.A.S., N.S., S.S., S.S., S.H. and H.S. (represented by counsel, Rebecca Ahlstrand) Alleged victims: The complainants State Party: Sweden Date of complaint: 24 May 2019 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Non-refoulement 1. The communication, dated 24 May 2019, was submitted by A.A.S., N.S., S.S., S.S., S.H. and H.S., all complainants being nationals of Afghanistan. The complainants claim that their removal from Sweden would violate their rights under article 3 of the Convention. The complainants are represented by counsel. 2. On 2 July 2019, the Committee registered the communication and requested the State Party to refrain from removing the complainants to Afghanistan while the communication was pending before the Committee. 3. On 19 December 2019, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the complainants on 25 February 2020. 4. On 25 April 2024, the Committee was informed by the State Party that the complainants had left the State Party. On 7 May 2024, the lawyer for the complainants confirmed that they were residing in Germany, with five of the complainants having received a residence permit, and one complainant expecting a similar outcome. 5. At its meeting on 10 April 2025, in view of the fact that the object of the communication had become moot, the Committee decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 937/2019.
* 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/937/2019 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 17 June 2025 Original: English