Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 936/2019 * , **

Communication submitted by:B.T. (represented by counsels, Marko Štambuk and Ana Trkulja)

Alleged victim:The complainant

State party:Serbia

Date of complaint:24 June 2019 (initial submission)

Substantive issue s :Deportation to Turkey; risk of torture

On 30 December 2020, the Committee, having been informed that the State party’s judicial authorities had decided that the preconditions for the extradition of the complainant had not been fulfilled, that the complainant had been released from detention and that he had returned to Bulgaria where he resided, and following the withdrawal of the complaint on those grounds, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 936/2019.