OTHMAN (ABU QATADA) v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT 67 carries out the monitoring must outweigh any remote risk of bias that might arise from Mr Rababa’s family ties. 204. Although the precise nature of the relationship between the Centre and its subsidiary, the National Team to Combat Torture, is unclear, it would appear that the NTCT is fully staffed and has the necessary interdisciplinary expertise to draw on for monitoring (see Mr Layden’s first statement at paragraph 87 above). The Court would expect that, whatever allegations have been made as to the composition of the NTCT, the applicant would be visited by a delegation which included medical and psychiatric personnel who were capable of detecting physical or psychological signs of ill-treatment (see paragraph 4(d) of the terms of reference for the Centre, quoted at paragraph 81 above). There is every reason to expect that the delegation would be given private access to the applicant (paragraph 4(c) of the terms of reference, ibid.). It would clearly be in the applicant’s interest to meet the delegation according to the pre-arranged timetable and thus the Court considers it is implausible that the GID, in order to escape monitoring, would tell the delegation that the applicant did not wish to see them. In the event that the delegation were to receive such a response, the Court considers that this would be precisely the kind of situation that would result in the “rapidly escalating diplomatic and Ministerial contacts and reactions” foreseen by Mr Oakden in his evidence to SIAC (see paragraph 30 above). For these reasons, the Court is satisfied that, despite its limitations, the Adaleh Centre would be capable of verifying that the assurances were respected. 205. For the foregoing reasons the Court concludes that, on the basis of the evidence before it, the applicant’s return to Jordan would not expose him to a real risk of ill-treatment. 206. Finally, in the course of the written proceedings, a question was put to the parties as to whether the applicant was at risk of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole and, if so, whether this would be compatible with Article 3 of the Convention. The parties agreed there was no such risk as life sentences in Jordan ordinarily last twenty years. The applicant also accepted that the length of his sentence could be examined in the context of his Article 6 complaint. The Court agrees with the parties and considers that, in the applicant’s case, no issue would arise under Article 3 in respect of the length of any sentence which may be imposed on him in Jordan. 207. Accordingly, the Court finds that the applicant’s deportation to Jordan would not be in violation of Article 3 of the Convention. III. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 13 TAKEN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 3 OF THE CONVENTION IN 208. The applicant complained that it was incompatible with Article 3 taken in conjunction with Article 13 of the Convention for SIAC, in order to

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