WPC  wXG W&vq+9Kp)lS=.bj7,Kv+2NCx B 0nL 0i 0Y# 0_| 0&U6 %7 = 0M # UN M" (& NN ^ P w\ 4` t mv \  `&Times New Roman' United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Jurisprudence - 4nt - Jurisprudence - "Angie Dituri"0Angie Dituri .   <:Default ParaXXX< :Normal (Web) S =jS =jS64Hyperlink    <:FollowedHype    <qy:HTML TypewriK<6X9`(Courier NewK  XXXS\  `&Times New RomanS  <6X9`(Courier New X#|x(6$..       Xb8XX XXb8XX Xb8HP LaserJet 4000 Series PS0(hH  Z6Times New Roman Regular`) 'gt)U  6!..       XiXX XXiXX Xi  __ COMMITTEEAGAINSTTORTURE  K.K.H.v.Canada | CommunicationNo35/1995 H 22November1995  d CAT/C/15/D/35/1995  0 ADMISSIBILITY    Submittedby:K.K.H.(namedeleted)[representedbycounsel] D  Allegedvictim:Theauthor ` Stateparty:Canada , Dateofcommunication:6November1995    TheCommitteeagainstTorture,establishedunderarticle17oftheConventionagainst Z TortureandOtherCruel,InhumanorDegradingTreatmentorPunishment, @ Meetingon22November1995,  \ Adoptsthefollowing: (     Decisiononadmissibility          1.TheauthorofthecommunicationisanationalofGhana,whoarrivedinCanadainMarch <#" 1992andappliedforasylumfollowinghisescapefromprisonwhere,accusedofhaving "$r# participatedinanattempttoassassinatetheGhanaianHeadofState,hehadspentalmost %X $ fouryears.HeclaimsthathisreturntoGhanafollowingtherejectionofhisapplicationfor %>!% refugeestatuswouldbeinviolationofarticle3oftheConventionagainstTortureandOther &$"& Cruel,InhumanorDegradingTreatmentorPunishment.Heisrepresentedbycounsel. ' #' 2.On9June1994,theauthor'sapplicationforasylumwasdismissedbytheImmigrationand )$) RefugeeBoardofCanada.Onreview,theFederalCourtofCanadadismissedhisapplication l*%* bydecisionof2May1995. R+&+ 3.TheauthorsubmitsthatsincethedecisionoftheFederalCourthehasreceivedevidence -n(- thathewasbeingsoughtbytheGhanaianauthorities.Heclaimsthatanoticeappearedin  theGhanaiannewspaperTheGuideinSeptember1995statingthathehadreturnedtothe  countryandthathewaswantedfortreason.Onthisbasis,theauthorsubmitsthat,asheis | wantedbytheauthorities,hislifewouldbeindangerinGhanaandherequeststhe b applicationofarticle3. H 4.Beforeconsideringacomplaintsubmittedinacommunication,theCommitteeagainst  d Torturemustdecidewhetherornotthecommunicationisadmissibleunderarticle22ofthe  J Convention.  0 5.Article22,paragraph5(b),oftheConventionprecludestheCommitteefromconsidering    anycommunicationunlessithasascertainedthatallavailabledomesticremedieshavebeen   exhausted;thisshallnotbetheruleifitisestablishedthattheapplicationofdomestic x  remedieshasbeenorwouldbeunreasonablyprolongedorwouldbeunlikelytobring ^  effectiverelieftothevictim.Intheinstantcase,theCommitteenotesthatinCanadathere D  isariskassessmentprocedurewhichmaybeinvokedevenfollowingarefusalbythe *z  FederalCourttograntasylum.Itdoesnotappearfromthecommunicationthattheauthor ` hasinformedtheCanadianimmigrationauthoritiesofthenewevidenceinsupportofhis F claimthathislifewouldbeindangerifhehadtoreturntoGhana.TheCommitteeconsiders , thattheCanadianauthoritiesshouldhavetheopportunitytoexaminethenewevidence  submittedbytheauthorbeforeitcanconsiderthecommunication.  6.TheCommitteethereforedecides: t (a)Thatthecommunication,assubmitted,isinadmissible; @ (b)Thatthisdecisionshallbecommunicatedtotheauthorofthecommunication,tohis  \ counseland,forinformation,totheStateparty. B [DoneinEnglish,French,RussianandSpanish,theFrenchtextbeingtheoriginalversion.]