Case
No. 133/1999
Falcon Rio v.
Canada
(cont’d)
Date of
adoption
Nationality of
complainant
and country of
removal if
applicable
Article of
Covenant
violated
Interim
measures
granted and
State party’s
response
Remedy
Follow-up
denial of the initial request but
would be able to examine all
the facts and information, old
and new, presented by the
complainant. In this context,
it contested the Committee’s
finding in paragraph 7.5 of its
decision in which it found that
only new information could be
considered during such a
review.
Finally, the State party
contested the Committee’s
view that a humanitarian
remedy did not constitute an
effective remedy and referred
to previous cases of the
Committee in which the
Committee itself found such
remedies to be effective.5 It
argued that the risk of torture
could constitute a
humanitarian motive and that
the court could be requested to
grant suspensive effect
pending such a decision.
According to the State party,
at the time of the
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