CAT/C/52/D/402/2009 withdrawing the complaint; and that, on 31 March 2011, the complainant finally decided to proceed with his complaint before the Committee. The Committee cannot help but take note of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the complainant’s requests to withdraw his complaint, followed by his request to resume the procedure, and the State party’s lack of cooperation regarding the submission of observations on the admissibility and merits of the case. The Committee reaffirms that, within the framework of the procedure for individual communications set out in article 22, the State party is called on to cooperate with the Committee in all good faith and to refrain from taking any action that might constitute a hindrance. The Committee wishes to remind the State party of its obligations under article 22, and regrets that its correspondence was limited to requests for confirmation as to whether the complainant had withdrawn his complaint, and therefore shed no light on the violations suffered by the complainant. 12. The Committee against Torture, acting under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, finds that the facts before it discloses a violation of articles 1; 2 (para. 1), read in conjunction with article 1; 11; 12, read alone and in conjunction with articles 6 and 7; 13; 14; and 15 of the Convention. 13. Pursuant to rule 118, paragraph 5, of its rules of procedure (CAT/C/3/Rev.6), the Committee urges the State party to conduct an impartial investigation into the incidents in question, with a view to bringing to justice those responsible for the complainant’s treatment, and to inform it, within 90 days of the date of the transmittal of this decision, of the steps it has taken in response to the views expressed above, including compensation for the complainant. [Adopted in English, French, Spanish and Russian, the French text being the original version. Subsequently to be issued in Arabic and Chinese as part of the Committee’s annual report to the General Assembly.] GE.14-05037 15