Decision; Subjects: DENMARK, TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT; [CAT: UNO-Antifolterkonvention, Übereinkommen gegen Folter; Convention contre la torture; Convenzione contro la tortura]
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GE.26-09104 (E) 300626 300626 Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1150/2022*, ** Communication submitted by: H.H. (represented by counsel, Niels-Erik Hansen) Alleged victim: The complainant State Party: Denmark Date of complaint: 15 August 2022 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Deportation to Afghanistan; risk of torture 1. The communication was submitted by H.H., a national of Afghanistan. He alleged that his deportation would amount to a violation by the State Party of his rights under article 3 of the Convention. He requested the Committee to grant his request for interim measures to prevent the risk of irreparable harm he would face if deported to Afghanistan due to his conversion to Christianity and the past difficulties his family had experienced with the Taliban. He was represented by counsel at the time of submission. 2. On 19 August 2022, the communication was registered and the request for interim measures was granted. The State Party was requested to refrain from deporting H.H. to Afghanistan while his communication was under consideration by the Committee. 3. On 19 August 2022, the State Party was requested to provide its observations on admissibility and the merits of the complainant’s allegations by no later than 20 February
2023. On 31 January 2023, the State Party submitted a request to discontinue the communication, given that on 4 January 2023, the Danish Refugee Appeals Board had decided to grant the complainant a residence permit. 4. On 22 February 2023, the complainant was requested to submit his comments on the State Party’s request for discontinuance by no later than 22 March 2023. On 14 May 2024, the complainant was sent a final reminder, requesting him to submit his comments on the State Party’s request by no later than 15 July 2024. No submissions have been received. 5. At a meeting on 17 April 2026, the Committee, in view of the fact that the complainant had been granted a residence permit and had not submitted his comments, and that the Committee had no further means of contacting him, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 1150/2022.
* Adopted by the Committee at its eighty-fourth session (13 April–1 May 2026). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Jorge Contesse, Lorena González Pinto, Claude Heller, Erdogan Iscan, Peter Vedel Kessing, Liu Huawen, Maeda Naoko, Moulaye Abdallah Moulaye Abdallah, Ana Racu and Abderrazak Rouwane. United Nations CAT/C/84/D/1150/2022 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 1 July 2026 Original: English