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7.7
The Committee recalls that it must ascertain whether the complainant currently runs
a risk of being subjected to torture if she were returned to Ethiopia. 10 The Committee notes
that the complainant has had ample opportunity to provide supporting evidence and more
details about her claims at the national level to the Federal Office of Migration and the
Federal Administrative Court, but that the evidence provided did not allow the national
authorities to conclude that her participation in political activities, while proven, could
place her at risk of being subjected to torture upon her return. Furthermore, the Committee
recalls that the occurrence of human rights violations in the complainant’s country of origin
is not, of itself, sufficient for it to conclude that a complainant is personally at risk of being
tortured. On the basis of the information before it, the Committee concludes that the
complainant has not provided proof that her political activities are important enough to
attract the interest of the authorities of her country of origin and concludes that the
information provided does not demonstrate that she would personally be at risk of torture if
she were to return to Ethiopia.11
8.
In the light of the above, the Committee considers that the information submitted by
the complainant is insufficient to establish her claim that she would be at a foreseeable, real
and personal risk of torture if she were returned to Ethiopia.
9.
Accordingly, the Committee, acting under article 22 (7) of the Convention,
concludes that the complainant’s return to Ethiopia would not constitute a breach of article
3 of the Convention by the State party.
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See, for example, communication No. 435/2010, G.B.M. v. Sweden, decision adopted on 14
November 2012, para. 7.7.
See, for example, communication No. 243/2004, S.A. v. Sweden, inadmissibility decision of 6 May
2004, para. 4.2; and communication W.G.D. v. Canada, para. 8.7.
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