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(d)
Whether the person has been judged in the State of origin or would be judged
in the State to which he/she is being deported by a judicial system which does not guarantee
the right to a fair trial; 39
(e)
Whether the person concerned has been previously detained or imprisoned in
the State of origin or would be detained or imprisoned, if deported to a State, in conditions
amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 40
(f)
Whether the person concerned would be exposed to sentences of corporal
punishment if deported to a State, in which, although corporal punishment is permitted by
national law, that punishment would amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment according to customary international law and the jurisprudence of
the Committee and of other recognized international and regional mechanisms for the
protection of human rights; 41
(g)
Whether the person concerned would be deported to a State in which there are
credible allegations or evidence of crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes
within the meaning of Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal
Court which have been submitted to the Court for its consideration; 42
(h)
Whether the person concerned would be deported to a State party to the Geneva
Conventions and their Protocols where there are allegations or evidence of its violation of
common Articles 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and/or Article 4 of
the additional Second Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 197743 and, in particular, of: (i)
Article 3, paragraph 1 (a) of the four Geneva Conventions; 44 and (ii) Article 4, paragraphs 1
and 2, of Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions.45
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See e.g. Agiza v. Sweden, para.13.4., supra fn. 3; and Ali Fadel v. Switzerland, para. 7.8, supra fn. 22.
See e.g. Tony Chahin v. Sweden, para. 9.5., supra fn. 33; and communication No. 538/2013, Tursunov
v. Kazakhstan, decision adopted on 8 May 2015, para. 9.8.
See e.g. communication No. 682/2015, Rouba Alhaj Ali v. Morocco, decision adopted on 3 August
2016, paras. 8.5 - 8.8.
See e.g. Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Croatia
(CAT/C/HRV/CO/4-5), para. 11; and Concluding observations on the third periodic report of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (CAT/C/MKD/CO/3), para. 16.
While not quoting directly the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols,
the Committee has referred in its jurisprudence to situations covered by those provisions, among
others, in the following concluding observations: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic
report of Turkey (CAT/C/TUR/CO/4), para. 12, and paras. 23 – 26; and Concluding observations on
the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Italy (CAT/C/ITA/CO/5-6), paras. 20 – 23.
Article 3, paragraph 1 (a) of the four Geneva Conventions stipulates that in the case of armed conflict
not of an international character [omissis] violence to life and person, in particular, murder of all kinds,
mutilation, cruel treatment and torture are and shall remain prohibited with respect to persons taking no
active part in the hostilities. See e.g. Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the
Russian Federation (CAT/C/RUS/CO/4), para. 24; and Concluding observations on the sixth periodic
report of Ukraine (CAT/C/UKR/CO/6), para. 11.
Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and
relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), of 8 June 1977,
stipulates that all persons who do not take a direct part or who have ceased to take part in hostilities
(with reference to armed conflicts listed in Article 2 of the Geneva Conventions and Article 1 of
Protocols I and II to those Conventions), whether or not their liberty has been restricted, are entitled to
respect of their person, honour and convictions and religious practices. Article 4, paragraph 2, of the
Protocol stipulates that the following acts against the persons referred to in paragraph 1 are and shall
remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever: (a) violence to the life, health and physical
or mental well-being of persons, in particular, murder as well as cruel treatment such as torture,
mutilation or any form of corporal punishment; (b) collective punishments; (c) taking of hostages; (d)
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