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UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)

The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties.

All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every four years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of “concluding observations”.  Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/
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A.H c. Suisse

6 December 2018 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Legal Instrument: 1984 Convention against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Ethiopia - Italy - Switzerland

A.N. v. Switzerland

the State party has an obligation to refrain from forcibly returning the complainant to Italy and to continue complying with its obligation to provide the complainant, in full consideration with him, with rehabilitation through medical treatment.

3 August 2018 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Legal Instrument: 1984 Convention against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - Italy - Switzerland

F.B. v. The Netherlands

15 December 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement | Countries: Guinea - Netherlands

M.C. v. The Netherlands

14 December 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Guinea - Netherlands

N.T.W. v. Switzerland

Committee found that the removal of the complainant to Ethiopia would not violate the State party’s obligation under Article 3 of the ECHR.

6 July 2012 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Countries: Ethiopia - Switzerland

Chahin v. Sweden

8 July 2011 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Christian - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Sweden - Syrian Arab Republic

Nirmal Singh v. Canada

8 July 2011 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Punjabis - Refoulement - Sikh | Countries: Canada - India

Harminder Singh Khalsa et al. v. Switzerland

7 July 2011 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Sikh | Countries: India - Switzerland

Mondal v. Sweden

7 July 2011 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Hindu - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-refoulement - Political parties - Refoulement - Torture | Countries: Bangladesh - Sweden

Fuad Jahani v. Switzerland

1 July 2011 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Non-refoulement - Political parties - Refoulement | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Switzerland

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