Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 821/2017 * , **

Communication submitted by:B.B. (represented by counsel, Alfred Ngoyi Wa Mwanza/BUCOFRAS)

Alleged victim:The complainant

State party:Switzerland

Date of complaint:10 April 2017 (initial submission)

Substantive issue:Risk of torture upon deportation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

At its meeting on 15 November 2019, the Committee, not having received the complainant’s comments on the State party’s observations, despite sending three reminders to that effect to his counsel, and having lost direct contact with the complainant, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 821/2017.