CAT/C/23/D/118/1998 page 7 7. The Committee against Torture, acting under article 22, paragraph 7 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, concludes that the decision of the State party to return the author to the Democratic Republic of the Congo does not constitute a breach of article 3 of the Convention. [Done in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the French text being the original version.] Notes 1 CAT/C/12/D/13/1993. 2 CAT/C/16/D/41/1996. -----