International investigation with the assistance of the
United Nations
As to the discussions concerning a possible
international inquiry under the auspices of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, while understanding her concerns, the State
party expresses its disappointment that the
High Commissioner had found no grounds in which
the Office could supplement the Committee against
Torture’s assessment and findings in this case and
thus her unwillingness to undertake a proposed
investigation.
The State party has had further contact with the
Egyptian authorities who continue to deny the
allegations of torture. Their reaction to a proposal for
an international commission of enquiry is still
awaited.
Parliament’s Constitutional Committee
In her letter of 26 May 2005 to the Swedish Foreign
Minister, the High Commissioner for Human Rights
referred to an ongoing investigation undertaken by
Parliament’s Constitutional Committee. The
investigation was initiated in May 2004 by five
members of Parliament, requesting that the
Constitutional Committee examine the Government’s
handling of the matter that lead to, inter alia, the
complainant’s expulsion to Egypt. The
Constitutional Committee has requested the
Government to answer a number of questions in
writing. The State party noted that the report on this
investigation was not expected until September 2005,
at the earliest.
The issue of criminal prosecution
As to the public prosecutor’s investigations, the State
party informs the Committee that following a
complaint from a private individual, a district
prosecutor in Stockholm decided on 18 June 2004 not
to initiate a preliminary investigation on the issue of
whether or not a criminal offence had been
committed in connection with the enforcement of the
Government’s decision to expel the complainant.
The reason for the decision was that there was no
ground for assuming that a criminal offence under
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