CAT/C/66/D/729/2016 10. In the light of the foregoing, the Committee, acting under article 22 (7) of the Convention, concludes that the deportation of the complainant and his two minor children to the Russian Federation would constitute a breach of article 3 of the Convention. 11. The Committee is of the view that, pursuant to article 3 of the Convention, the State party has an obligation to refrain from forcibly returning the complainant and his two minor children to the Russian Federation or to any other country where there is a real risk of them being expelled or returned to the Russian Federation. Pursuant to rule 118 (5) of its rules of procedure, the Committee invites the State party to inform it, within 90 days from the date of the transmittal of the present decision, of the steps it has taken to respond to the above observations. 8

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