the French Ministry of the Interior, stated, inter alia, that it was prohibited from removing Basque nationals outside an extradition procedure whereby there is a warrant for their arrest by the Spanish authorities. However, the Ministry continued by stating that torture and inhuman treatment by Spanish security forces of Basque nationals accused of terrorism and the tolerance of such treatment by the Spanish authorities is corroborated by a number of sources. Committee’s decision Given that the complainant was removed nearly 10 years ago, no further action should be taken by the Committee to follow-up on this case. Case Brada, 195/2003 Nationality and country of removal if applicable Algerian to Algeria Views adopted on 17 May 2005 Issues and violations found Removal - articles 3 and 22 Interim measures granted and State party response Granted but not acceded to by the State party9 Remedy recommended Measures of compensation for the breach of article 3 of the Convention and determination, in consultation with the country (also a State party to the Convention) to which the complainant was returned, of his current whereabouts and state of well-being. Due date for State party response None 9 “The Committee observes that the State party, in ratifying the Convention and voluntarily accepting the Committee’s competence under article 22, undertook to cooperate with it in good faith in applying and giving full effect to the procedure of individual complaint established thereunder. The State party’s action in expelling the complainant in the face of the Committee’s request for interim measures nullified the effective exercise of the right to complaint conferred by article 22, and has rendered the Committee’s final decision on the merits futile and devoid of object. The Committee thus concludes that in expelling the complainant in the circumstances that it did the State party breached its obligations under article 22 of the Convention.” 109