CAT/C/62/D/710/2015 complainant to the State party’s authorities after his third application for asylum had been rejected and that they were unable to take this information into account. As to the complainant’s allegation that he would be detained and questioned upon return because he had spent a long time abroad and applied for asylum, the Committee recalls that the mere risk of being detained and questioned is not sufficient to conclude that there is also a risk of being subjected to torture.26 10.10 Lastly, the Committee notes the general human rights situation in the Sudan, particularly reports confirming the use of arbitrary detention and torture against protesters and returnees and reports of individuals accused of providing information to JEM being subjected to torture.27 However, the Committee recalls that the occurrence of human rights violations in the complainant’s country of origin is not, of itself, sufficient for it to conclude that a complainant is at a foreseeable, real and personal risk of being tortured in the country to which he or she is returned. In the light of the above, the Committee considers that the information submitted by the complainant is insufficient to establish his claim that he would be at a foreseeable, real and personal risk of torture if he were returned to the Sudan.28 11. In the light of the above, the Committee, acting under article 22 (7) of the Convention, concludes that the decision of the State party to remove the complainant to the Sudan would not constitute a violation of article 3 of the Convention. 26 27 28 GE.18-01489 See, for example, P.Q.L. v. Canada (CAT/C/19/D/57/1996), para. 10.5. See Human Rights Watch, World Report 2017 — Sudan, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/587b581ba.html; Human Rights Watch, Make Their Lives Miserable, 9 September 2014, available at: www.hrw.org/report/2014/09/09/make-their-lives-miserable/israelscoercion-eritrean-and-sudanese-asylum-seekers; Sudanese refugees forcibly deported from Jordan fear arrest and torture, available at www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/19/sudanese-refugeesforcibly-deported-from-jordan-fear-arrest-and-torture; and Sudan 2015 Human Rights Report, United States Department of State, available at: https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/252945.pdf. See, for example, S.A. v. Sweden (CAT/C/32/D/243/2004), para. 4.2; and W.G.D. v. Canada (CAT/C/53/D/520/2012), para. 8.7. 13

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