Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 734/2016 * , **

Communication submitted by :S.T. (represented by counsel, John Sweeney and subsequently Shamili Kugathas)

Alleged victim :The complainant

State party :Australia

Date of com plaint :9 March 2016 (initial submission)

Substantive issues:Deportation to Sri Lanka; risk of torture and other ill-treatment

At its meeting on 22 April 2022, the Committee, not having received comments from the complainant’s counsel on the State party’s further submission, despite sending three reminders to that effect, and having been informed that the complainant was removed from the territory of the State party in 2018, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 734/2016.