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X.?XXXX.?XXX.?  _ COMMITTEEAGAINSTTORTURE  _Barakat_Ԁv.Tunisia | CommunicationNo.14/1994 H 5May1994  d CAT/C/14/D/14/1994  0 ADMISSIBILITY    Submittedby:B._M'B_.[namedeleted] D  Allegedvictims:_Fa5sal_Ԁ_Barakat_Ԁandfamily ` Stateparty:Tunisia , Dateofcommunication:29March1994      TheCommitteeagainstTorture,establishedunderarticle17oftheConventionagainstTortureand Z OtherCruel,InhumanorDegradingTreatmentorPunishment, @ Meetingon5May1994,  \ Adoptsthefollowing: ( g Decisiononadmissibility    1.TheauthorofthecommunicationisB._M'B._,aTunisiannational,currentlyresidinginFrance <#" withthestatusofpoliticalrefugee.Hesubmitsthecommunicationonbehalfofthelate_Fa5sal_ "$r# _Barakat_Ԁandhisfamily.HeclaimsthattheyarevictimsofviolationsbyTunisiaofarticles2, %X $ paragraph1,11,12,13and14,oftheConventionagainstTorture. %>!% Thefactsassubmittedbytheauthor: ' #' 2.1Theauthorstatesthattheallegedvictim,_Fa5sal_Ԁ_Barakat_,auniversitystudentinTunisia,was )$) arrestedinthemorningof8October1991bymembersoftheIntelligenceBrigadeofthe_Nabeul_ l*%* NationalGuard.Uponhisarrest,hewasreportedlybeatenandtowardsnoonhewasbroughttothe R+&+ quartersoftheBrigadewherehis"handsandfeetwereboundandhewassuspendedbetweentwo 8,', chairsonabigstick,withhisheaddownandthesolesofhisfeetandhisbuttocksshowing,inwhich -n(- iscommonlycalledthe'roastchicken'position.Theblowsandscreamscontinuedfromthenuntil  nightfall,whenofficersthrewhimoutintothecorridorafterbringinganotherprisonerintothe  office._Fa5sal_Ԁ_Barakat_Ԁwasinaverybadconditionandseemedtobedying.Theofficersnevertheless | prohibitedthe30orsoprisonerspresent,includinghisownbrother,_Jamel_,fromgivinghim b assistance.Onehalfhourlater,heseemedtohavedied." H 2.2On17October1991,thevictim'sfatherwastakentoTunisbytheChiefoftheTrafficPolice;  d hewasinformedthathissonhaddiedinacaraccident.AttheCharlesNicoleHospital,hewas  J askedtoidentifyhissonamongthemanycorpsesinthemortuary.Henotedthathisson'sfacewas  0 disfiguredanddifficulttorecognize.Hewasnotallowedtoseetherestofthebody.Hewasmade    tosignastatementinwhichherecognizedthathissonwaskilledinanaccident;atthattime,his    otherson_Jamel_Ԁwasstillinprison,allegedlyasahostagetopreventhisfatherfromdenouncingthe   circumstancesof_Fa5sal_'sdeath.Atthefuneral,thepolicecarriedthecoffinandsupervisedthe x  ceremony;thecoffinremainedclosed. ^  2.3Theauthorsubmitsseveralmedicalreports,basedontheofficialautopsyreport,concludingthat *z  thevictimdiedasaresultofthetorturedescribedabove. ` 2.4TheauthoraskstheCommitteetorequestTunisiatotakemeasurestoprotectthephysical,moral , andeconomicsecurityofhisfamily,thevictim'sfamilyandthewitnessesandtheirfamilies.  2.5Finally,theauthorstatesthattheInternationalSecretariatofAmnestyInternationalinLondon  hasacceptedtoprovideevidenceinsupportofhiscommunication. t 2.6Bylettersof12September1994,8October1994and26April1995,theauthorexpresses @ concernoverthesafetyofwitnesseswhoreportedlyhavebeendetainedandquestionedbyTunisian &v authoritiesinconnectionwiththecommunicationbeforetheCommittee.Moreover,membersofthe  \ author'sandthevictim'sfamilieshavebeenallegedlysubjectedtointimidation. B TheStateparty'sinformation:  3.1Bysubmissionsof9August,10November1994and18April1995,theStatepartydeniesthe   author'sallegationsandclaimsthatthecommunicationisinadmissible,invokingrule107ofthe p!  Committee'srulesofprocedureandarguingthatcommunicationsmustbepresentedbyvictimsor V"! theirrepresentatives,properlydesignatedandauthorized.ItiscontendedthatMr.B._M'B_.hasnot <#" beendulyauthorizedbythefamilytopresentaclaimbeforetheCommittee. "$r# 3.2Moreover,theStatepartyarguesthatitappearsthattheauthorisactingasarepresentativeof %>!% AmnestyInternational,andthathethereforehasnostandingunderarticle22oftheConvention. &$"& Admissibilityconsiderations: (#( 4.1Beforeconsideringanyclaimscontainedinacommunication,theCommitteeagainstTorture l*%* mustdecidewhetherornotitisadmissibleunderarticle22oftheConventionanditsrulesof R+&+ procedure. 8,',  -n(- 4.2Article22,paragraph1,oftheConventionstipulatesthat"aStatepartytothisConventionmay  atanytimedeclareunderthisarticlethatitrecognizesthecompetenceoftheCommitteetoreceive  andconsidercommunications fromoronbehalf ofindividualssubjecttoitsjurisdictionwhoclaim | tobevictimsofaviolationbyaStatepartyoftheprovisionsoftheConvention"(emphasisadded). b 4.3Rule107,paragraph1(b),oftheCommittee'srulesofprocedureprovides:"...The . ~ communicationshouldbesubmittedbytheindividualhimselforbyhisrelativesordesignated  d representativesorbyothersonbehalfofanallegedvictimwhenitappearsthatthevictimisunable  J tosubmitthecommunicationhimself,andtheauthorofthecommunicationjustifieshisactingon  0 thevictim'sbehalf".    4.4TheCommitteehasexaminedtheauthor'sargumentsandtheStateparty'sobjectionsconcerning   theissueofstandingforpurposesofadmissibility.TheCommitteefindsthatatthisstage,theauthor x  hasnotsubmittedsufficientprooftoestablishhisauthoritytoactonbehalfofthevictim. ^  5.TheCommitteethereforedecides: *z  0  (a)Thatthecommunicationisinadmissible;F(#(# 0  (b)ThattheCommitteemayreceiveandconsideranewcommunicationonthismatter  submittedbyanyauthor,providedthathisstandingtoactonbehalfoftheallegedvictimis  properlyestablished;(#(# 0  (c)ThattheStatepartyshouldbeagainrequested,asexpressedintheCommittee'sdecision Z of21April1994,toensurethatnoharmisdonetotheauthor'sfamily,theallegedvictim's @ familyorthewitnessesandtheirfamilies;&v(#(# 0  (d)ThatthisdecisionshallbecommunicatedtotheauthorandtotheStateparty.B(#(# [DoneinEnglish,French,RussianandSpanish,theEnglishtextbeingtheoriginalversion.]