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measures taken by Armenia to address overcrowding and improve the conditions of
detention in prisons. 13 The Committee notes that the complainants’ allegations regarding
the prison conditions are of a general nature. The Committee is of the opinion that they
have therefore not established either that the conditions in a detention centre or prison in
which the male complainant may be detained would generally amount to torture within the
meaning of article 1 of the Convention, or that the circumstances of his case are such that
he would be subjected to treatment falling under that provision.
8.11 The Committee notes that, in their comments on the State party’s observations, the
complainants also argued that their asylum application had not been examined with due
care by the authorities of the State party, as it had been decided upon within eight working
days by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The Committee also notes the State
party’s argument that the complainants did not request that their application be examined
under the extended application procedure. The Committee notes that there is no information
on file indicating that the authorities of the State party failed to take any of the
complainants’ grounds in their application for asylum into account. The Committee
therefore finds that the complainants have failed to establish that their application was not
examined with due care.
9.
On the basis of the above, and in the light of the material before it, the Committee
considers that the complainants have not provided sufficient evidence to enable it to
conclude that their forcible removal to their country of origin would expose them to a
foreseeable, real and personal risk of torture within the meaning of article 3 of the
Convention.
10.
The Committee, acting under article 22 (7) of the Convention, decides that the
complainants’ removal to Armenia by the State party would not constitute a breach of
article 3 of the Convention.
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See CAT/C/ARM/CO/4, para. 26.