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Jurisprudence

CAT

List of all admissibility decisions

Case NameComm NumberDateOutcome
W.J. v. Austria5/199022 November 1990Inadmissible
R.E.G. v. Turkey4/199029 April 1991Inadmissible
H. U. P. v. Spain6/199012 November 1991Inadmissible
L. B. v. Spain9/199118 November 1991Inadmissible
Halimi-Nedzibi v. Austria8/199105 May 1992Admissible
Barakat v. Tunisia14/199405 May 1994Inadmissible
J. E. and E. B. v. Spain10/199314 November 1994Inadmissible
X. v. Switzerland17/199417 November 1994Inadmissible
Y. v. Switzerland18/199417 November 1994Inadmissible
A. E. v. Switzerland24/199502 May 1995Inadmissible
M.A. v. Canada22/199503 May 1995Inadmissible
X. v. Spain23/199515 November 1995Inadmissible
N.D. v. France32/199520 November 1995Inadmissible
X. and Y. v. The Netherlands31/199520 November 1995Inadmissible
P. M. P. K. v. Sweden30/199520 November 1995Inadmissible
X. v. Canada26/199520 November 1995Inadmissible
K.K.H. v. Canada35/199522 November 1995Inadmissible
Le Gayic et al. v. France46/199609 May 1997Inadmissible
D. v. France45/199610 November 1997Inadmissible
R. v. France52/199610 November 1997Inadmissible
L. M. V. R. G. and M. A. B. C. v. Sweden64/199719 November 1997Inadmissible
R.K. v. Canada42/199620 November 1997Inadmissible
J. M.. U. M. v. Sweden58/199615 May 1998Inadmissible
V.V. v. Canada47/199619 May 1998Inadmissible
H. W. A. v. Switzerland48/199620 May 1998Inadmissible
P. S. S. v Canada66/199713 November 1998Inadmissible
Akhimien v. Canada67/199717 November 1998Inadmissible
E.H. v. Hungary62/199610 May 1999Inadmissible
K.N. v. France93/199718 November 1999Inadmissible
P.S. v. Canada86/199718 November 1999Inadmissible
S. H. v. Norway121/199819 November 1999Inadmissible
Z. T. v. Norway127/199919 November 1999Inadmissible
A. G. v. Sweden140/199902 May 2000Inadmissible
L.O. v. Canada95/199719 May 2000Inadmissible
P. R. v. Spain160/200023 November 2000Inadmissible
A. R. v. Sweden170/200023 November 2001Inadmissible
Roitman Rosenmann v. Spain176/200030 April 2002Inadmissible
H. I. A. v. Sweden216/200202 May 2003Inadmissible
A. T. A. v. Switzerland236/200311 November 2003Inadmissible
Helle Jensen v. Denmark202/200205 May 2004Inadmissible
S. A. v. Sweden243/200406 May 2004Inadmissible
H. S. V. v. Sweden229/200312 May 2004Inadmissible
R. S. v. Denmark225/200319 May 2004Inadmissible
L.J.R.C. v. Sweden218/200222 November 2004Inadmissible
H.A.S.V. and F.O.C. v. Canada163/200024 November 2004Inadmissible
P.A.C. v. Australia211/200203 May 2005Inadmissible
A.H. v. Sweden250/200415 November 2005Inadmissible
R.T. v. Switzerland 242/200324 November 2005Inadmissible
A.A. v. Azerbaijan247/200425 November 2005Inadmissible
Komba v. Switzerland248/200408 May 2006Inadmissible
Aung v. Canada273/200515 May 2006Inadmissible
H.S.T. v. Norway288/200616 November 2006Inadmissible
R.S.A.N. v. Canada284/200617 November 2006Inadmissible
A.R.A. v. Sweden305/2006 30 April 2007Inadmiss
L. Z. B. v. Canada304/200608 November 2007Inadmissible
A. B. A. O. v. France264/200508 November 2007Inadmissible
K. A. v. Sweden308/200616 November 2007Inadmissible

Information is as of 6 June 2008.

CERD, CCPR, CAT, CEDAW, CMW, Disability Convention and Enforced disappearances Convention have optional complaint mechanisms, whereby an individual may complain to the respective treaty body that his or her rights under the treaty have been violated. The CMW and Enforced disappearances Convention complaint mechanisms are not yet in force.

Included in this section are:

  1. requests made by the treaty body for interim measures
  2. decisions to deal jointly with cases
  3. admissibility decisions (normally decisions determining a complaint is admissible are not issued separately and hence this category involves decisions in which complaints are found to be inadmissible)
  4. final views.

The Human Rights Committee (under CCPR), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (under CERD), the Committee Against Torture (under CAT) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (under CEDAW) also formally follow up on final Views where a violation has been found. This information is included in the section entitled "Follow-up: Jurisprudence".