UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)
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/
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Credibility assessment 1
- Criminal justice 2
- Decision on admissibility 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 34
- Eritreans 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 8
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 2
- Expulsion 26
- Extradition 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 14
- Freedom of religion 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2
- Indigenous persons 1
- Kurd 1
- Mental health 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
- Minorities 1
- Non-refoulement 32
- Oromo 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 2
- Persecution of family members 2
- Political parties 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Prison or detention conditions 1
- Refoulement 33
- Rejected asylum-seekers 2
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1
- Sikh 1
- Terrorism 1
- Torture 1
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B.T.M. v. Suisse
The Swiss authorities' decision to return a Zimbabwean national to his country of origin violated Article 3 of the Convention against Torture. The right to an effective remedy contained in Article 3 requires an opportunity for an effective, independent and impartial review of the decision to expel or return when there is a plausible allegation that issues under Article 3 arise. 11 November 2022 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-refoulement | Countries: Switzerland |
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A.Y. v Switzerland
22 July 2022 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Legal Instrument: 1984 Convention against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Eritrea - Switzerland |
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Y (représenté par un conseil, Rêzan Zehrê) v. Suisse
28 January 2022 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Legal Instrument: 1984 Convention against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Eritreans - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Torture | Countries: Eritrea - Switzerland |
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D.Z. v. Switzerland
Examination of the same matter under another procedure of international investigation or settlement; non-exhaustion of domestic remedies Risk of torture upon return to country of origin; non-refoulement 31 August 2021 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Legal Instrument: 1984 Convention against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement | Countries: China - Switzerland |
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X c. Suisse
Risque pour la vie et risque de torture ou de mauvais traitements en cas d’expulsion vers le pays d’origine 22 July 2021 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - Switzerland |
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Flor Agustina Calfunao Paillalef c. Suisse
Risque de torture ou de peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants en cas d’expulsion (non-refoulement) 2 January 2020 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Indigenous persons - Minorities - Non-refoulement | Countries: Chile - Switzerland |
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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 |
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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 |
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N.T.W. v. Switzerland
Committee found that the removal of the complainant to Ethiopia would not violate the State partys obligation under Article 3 of the ECHR. 6 July 2012 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Countries: Ethiopia - Switzerland |
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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 |
