Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 815/2017 * , **

Communication submitted by:Vasanthakumar Balakrishnan (represented by counsel, John Sweeney)

Alleged victim:The complainant

State party:Australia

Date of complaint:24 January 2017 (initial submission)

Substantive issue:Risk of torture upon deportation to Sri Lanka

At its meeting on 15 November 2019, the Committee, not having received comments from the complainant’s counsel on the State party’s observations, despite sending a reminder to that effect, and taking into account that the counsel subsequently withdrew the complaint because he lost contact with the complainant, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 815/2017.