Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 773/2016 * , **

Communication submitted by:E.I.M. et al. (represented by counsel, Robert Nyström)

Alleged victims:The complainants

State party:Sweden

Date of complaint:10 October 2016 (initial submission)

Substantive issue:Risk to life, or risk of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment upon deportation to Nigeria (non-refoulement)

At its meeting on 15 November 2019, the Committee, having ascertained that the complainants had submitted new pending asylum applications in Sweden, and that the expulsion orders against them became time-barred on 10 June 2019, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 773/2016, on the understanding that the complainants would be entitled to submit a new communication to it, with a request for interim measures, in case of facing a renewed risk of forcible removal from the State party’s territory.