Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 978/2020 * , **

Communication submitted by :E.D. and P.K. (represented by counsel, Gabriella Tau, Boris Wijkström and Sarah Frehner, Centre suisse pour la défense des droits des migrants)

Alleged victim s :The complainants

State party :Switzerland

Date of com plaint :18 December 2019

Substantive issues:Deportation of complainants to South Africa; risk of refoulement

At its meeting on 10 July 2023, the Committee, having been informed that the complainants and the State party had reached an agreement on the substantive issue raised in the communication and that the complainants were no longer at risk of deportation, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 978/2020.