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party handled the complainant’s case amounts to a breach of her rights under article 3 of the
Convention.
12. The Committee against Torture, acting under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, considers
that the extradition of the complainant to Turkey constituted a breach both of articles 3 and
22 of the Convention.
13. Pursuant to rule 112, paragraph 5, of its rules of procedure, the Committee wishes to be
informed, within 90 days, of the steps the State party has taken in response to the views
expressed above.
[Adopted in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the English text being the original
version. Subsequently to be issued also in Arabic and Chinese as part of the Committee’s
annual report to the General Assembly.]
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