Committee against Torture

Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1038/2020*, **

Communication submitted by: N.N. (represented by counsel, Journalists and Writers Foundation) 

Alleged victim: The complainant

State party: Algeria 

Date of complaint: 4 November 2020 (initial submission)

Substantive issues: Deportation to Turkey; risk of torture and other ill-treatment

At its meeting on 12 November 2021, the Committee, having received a request from the complainant’s counsel to discontinue the communication as he had lost contact with the complainant, decided to discontinue the examination of communication No. 1038/2020.