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by the villagers, apart from being unlikely, cannot be attributed to the Ivorian authorities.
With regard to the risk of torture by the authorities, the Committee notes the absence of
objective evidence pointing to the existence of such risk other than the complainant’s own
account. It also notes that the complainant has at no time sought the protection of the
Ivorian authorities.
7.5
The Committee considers that, based on all the information submitted, the
complainant has not provided sufficient evidence to allow it to consider that his return to
Côte d’Ivoire would put him at a real, present and personal risk of being subjected to
torture.
8.
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 deportation of the complainant to Côte d’Ivoire would not
constitute a breach of article 3 of the Convention.
[Adopted in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the French text being the original
version. Subsequently to be issued also in Arabic and Chinese as part of the Committee’s
annual report to the General Assembly.]
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