Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 878/2018 * , **

Communication submitted by:A.F.M.I. (represented by counsel, Sofia Rönnow Pessah, Swedish Refugee Advice Centre)

Alleged victim:The complainant

State party:Sweden

Date of complaint:13 July 2018 (initial submission)

Substantive issue:Risk of torture upon deportation to Egypt

At its meeting on 14 July 2021, the Committee, having been informed that the expulsion order against the complainant had become time-barred, and that he could now submit a new asylum application in Sweden, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 878/2018 on the understanding that the complainant would be entitled to submit a new communication to the Committee in the event of a renewed risk of forcible removal from the State party’s territory.