Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 728/2016 * , **

Communication submitted by:A.S. (represented by counsel, Lakhwinder Sandhu)

Alleged victim:The complainant

State party:Canada

Date of complaint:8 February 2016 (initial submission)

Substantive issues:Deportation to India; risk of torture

On 30 December 2020, the Committee, not having received comments from the complainant’s counsel on the State party’s observations, despite sending three reminders to that effect, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 728/2016.