CAT/C/39/D/264/2005
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Issues and proceedings before the Committee
8.1 Before considering any complaint submitted in a communication, the Committee
against Torture must decide whether or not the communication is admissible under article 22
of the Convention.
8.2 The Committee notes the State party’s argument that the complainant has been granted
subsidiary protection and that the State party has received no information that might lead it to
believe that the threats taken into account in granting the complainant subsidiary protection
no longer exist. The Committee also notes that, in his comments, the complainant only
addresses the possibility of being returned to Tunisia and his current status in France and
does not dispute the fact that he has been granted subsidiary protection and that no judicial
proceedings have been brought against him.
8.3 Given that the OFPRA decision grants the complainant subsidiary protection, that a
compulsory residence order was issued by the prefect of police on 11 February 2005, and that
as a result the order for escort to the border issued on the same date is not enforceable, the
Committee finds that the complainant does not run any direct risk of expulsion.
8.4 In the circumstances, the Committee considers that the author is in no immediate
danger of expulsion and therefore declares the communication inadmissible under article 22,
paragraph 2, of the Convention as incompatible with the provisions of article 3 of the
Convention.2
2
See CAT/C/22/D/62/1996, E.H. v. Hungary, decision of 11 June 1999, para. 6.2.