Interim measures granted and State party
response
None
Remedy recommended
Urges the State party to conduct a proper
investigation into the facts that occurred on
15 April 1995, prosecute and punish the persons
responsible for those acts and provide the
complainants with redress, including fair and
adequate compensation.
Due date for State party response
None
Date of reply
See CAT/C/32/FU/1
State party response
See first follow-up report (CAT/C/32/FU/1).
Following the thirty-third session and while
welcoming the State party’s provision of
compensation to the complainants for the
violations found, the Committee considered that
the State party should be reminded of its obligation
to conduct a proper investigation into the case.
Complainant’s response
None
Case
Dimitrov, 171/2000
Nationality and country of removal
if applicable
Yugoslav
Views adopted on
3 May 2005
Issues and violations found
Torture and failure to investigate - article 2,
paragraph 1, in connection with 1, 12, 13 and 14
Interim measures granted and State party
response
N/A
flow from the first sentence of article 16 of the Convention include an obligation to grant redress
and compensate the victims of an act in breach of that provision. The Committee is therefore of
the view that the State party has failed to observe its obligations under article 16 of the
Convention by failing to enable the complainants to obtain redress and to provide them with fair
and adequate compensation.
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