Decision; Subjects: SERBIA, TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT; [CAT: UNO-Antifolterkonvention, Übereinkommen gegen Folter; Convention contre la torture; Convenzione contro la tortura]
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GE.26-03317 (E) 180326 180326 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1130/2022*, ** Communication submitted by: E.P. (represented by counsels, Milan Vuković and Nikola Kovačević) Alleged victim: The complainant State Party: Serbia Date of complaint: 31 May 2022 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Risk of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment upon deportation to Türkiye 1. The communication was submitted by E.P., a national of Türkiye born in 1974. As the State Party had denied his application for asylum, he was facing deportation to Türkiye. He claimed that by deporting him to Türkiye, the State Party would violate his rights under article 3 of the Convention. 2. On 2 June 2022, the communication was registered with the request for interim measures granted. The State Party was requested to refrain from removing the complainant to Türkiye while the communication was pending before the Committee. The interim measures were reiterated on 22 June 2022 and 18 April 2023. 3. On 12 January 2024, the complainant reported that the appellate court in Belgrade had overruled his deportation to Türkiye and he therefore requested the Committee to discontinue the communication. 4. On 14 November 2025, the Committee, in the light of the fact that the complainant’s deportation has been overruled and that he has requested the discontinuance of the communication, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 1130/2022.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 83rd session (10–28 November 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/83/D/1130/2022 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 18 March 2026 Original: English