- 117 - Complaint No. 146/1999 Complainant: Ms. E.T.B. Represented by: Let Bosnia Live, a non-governmental organization State party: Denmark Date of submission: 9 August 1999 Date of decision: 30 April 2002 The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Meeting on 30 April 2002, Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 146/1999, submitted to the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant, his counsel and the State party, Adopts its Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention. Decision 1.1 The complainant is E.T.B, a Georgian citizen, born on 19 March 1974, on behalf of herself and her two minor children, all three currently residing at the Danish Red Cross Centre for Refugees in Denmark, where the complainant seeks asylum for the family. The complainant claims that her return to Georgia after dismissal of her refugee claim would constitute a violation of article 3 of the Convention by Denmark. She is represented by the organization Let Bosnia Live. 1.2 In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Committee transmitted complaint No. 146/1999 to the State party on 11 October 1999. Pursuant to rule 108 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the State party was requested not to expel the complainant to Georgia pending the consideration of her case by the Committee. In a submission dated 10 December 1999, the State party informed the Committee that it had decided to comply with the Committee’s request not to expel the complainant and her children while their complaint is under consideration by the Committee.

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