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information provided by the complainant and the State party, the Committee therefore
concluded that article 3 of the Convention would be violated, should the complainant be
extradited to Algeria. The Committee also found a violation of article 15 of the Convention
since the State party used a testimony made under duress in the extradition procedure.
114. Also at its forty-sixth session, the Committee decided to declare inadmissible
complaints No. 395/2009 (H.E-M. v. Canada) and No. 399/2009 (F.M-M. v. Switzerland).
The text of these decisions is reproduced in annex XII, section B, to the present report.
115. Complaint No. 395/2009 (H.E-M. v. Canada) concerned a Lebanese national,
claiming that his deportation to Lebanon would lead to a violation of article 3 of the
Convention. After examining the claims submitted by the complainant, as well as the
arguments of the State party, the Committee concluded that the complainant had failed to
exhaust domestic remedies, since his privately hired lawyer had not appealed the decisions
of the State party’s authorities within the limits prescribed by the law. The complainant’s
failure to use available remedies could therefore not be imputable to the State party. The
Committee therefore declared the communication was inadmissible under article 22,
paragraph 5 (b), of the Convention.
116. Complaint No. 399/2009 (F.M-M. v. Switzerland) concerned a national of the
Congo, claiming that his expulsion to the Congo would expose him to the risk of torture, in
violation of article 3 of the Convention. After examining the claims submitted by the
complainant and the arguments of the State party, the Committee concluded that the
complaint should be declared inadmissible under article 22, paragraph 5 (b), of the
Convention, since the complainant had failed to exhaust domestic remedies in relation to
the new facts and evidence presented by him to the Committee.
D.
Follow-up activities
117. At its twenty-eighth session, in May 2002, the Committee against Torture revised its
rules of procedure and established the function of a Rapporteur for follow-up to decisions
on complaints submitted under article 22. At its 527th meeting, on 16 May 2002, the
Committee decided that the Rapporteur shall engage, inter alia, in the following activities:
monitoring compliance with the Committee’s decisions by sending notes verbales to States
parties enquiring about measures adopted pursuant to the Committee’s decisions;
recommending to the Committee appropriate action upon the receipt of responses from
States parties, in situations of non-response, and upon the receipt henceforth of all letters
from complainants concerning non-implementation of the Committee’s decisions; meeting
with representatives of the permanent missions of States parties to encourage compliance
and to determine whether advisory services or technical assistance by the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights would be appropriate or desirable;
conducting with the approval of the Committee follow-up visits to States parties; preparing
periodic reports for the Committee on his or her activities.
118. During its thirty-fourth session, the Committee, through its Rapporteur for follow-up
to decisions on complaints, decided that in cases in which it had found violations of the
Convention, including decisions made by the Committee prior to the establishment of the
follow-up procedure, the States parties should be requested to provide information on all
measures taken by them to implement the Committee’s recommendations made in the
decisions. To date, the following countries have not yet responded to these requests:
Bulgaria (with respect to Keremedchiev, No.257/2004); Canada (with respect to Tahir
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