CAT/C/79/D/1055/2021 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 5 June 2024 English Original: French Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 1055/2021*, ** Communication submitted by: L.E.M. (represented by counsel, Alfred Ngoyi Wa Mwanza) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Switzerland Date of complaint: 29 January 2021 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rules 114 and 115 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 15 February 2021 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of decision: 9 May 2024 Subject matter: Deportation to Cameroon Procedural issues: None Substantive issue: Risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment if deported to country of origin Article of the Convention: 3 (1) 1.1 The claimant is L.E.M., a national of Cameroon born in 1984. He is facing deportation to Cameroon and is of the view that being deported would constitute a violation by the State party of article 3 (1) of the Convention. The State party has made the declaration pursuant to article 22 (1) of the Convention, effective from 2 December 1986. The complainant is represented by counsel. 1.2 On 15 February 2021, pursuant to rule 114 of its rules of procedure, the Committee, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, decided to grant the complainant’s request for interim measures. 1.3 On 25 February 2021, the State party informed the Committee that, in accordance with its established procedure, the State Secretariat for Migration had requested the competent authority to refrain from taking any steps to deport the complainant, who would therefore be able to remain in Switzerland pending the consideration of his complaint by the Committee or a decision to put an end to the suspensive effect. * Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-ninth session (15 April–10 May 2024). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Todd Buchwald, Jorge Contesse, Claude Heller, Erdogan Iscan, Peter Vedel Kessing, Liu Huawen, Maeda Naoko, Ana Racu, Abderrazak Rouwane and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov. GE.24-09258 (E) 240624 250624