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ŠĢņņV.€V.€v.€CanadaóóŠ |Ģ ŠĢCommunication€No€47/1996Š H˜ ŠĢ19€May€1998Š  d ŠĢCAT/C/20/D/47/1996Š ą 0 ŠĢĢADMISSIBILITYó óŠ ’ā  ŠĢĢņņņņSubmitted€byóó:€V.€V.€(name€withheld)€(represented€by€counsel)€Š D”  ŠĢņņAlleged€victimóó:€The€author€Š ` ŠĢņņState€Partyóó:€Canada€Š Ü, ŠĢņņDate€of€communicationóó:€15€March€1996óó€Š Øų ŠĢĢÓ  ÓÓ  Óą 4 ąņņThe€Committee€against€Tortureóó,€established€under€article€17€of€the€ConventionŠ ZŖ Šagainst€Torture€and€Other€Cruel,€Inhuman€or€Degrading€Treatment€or€Punishment,€Š @ ŠĢą 4 ąņņMeetingóó€on€19€May€1998,€Š  \ ŠĢą 4 ąņņAdoptsóó€the€following:€Š Ų( ŠĢÓŁÓŠ Šņ ņņņDecision€on€admissibilityóóó óŠ Š Ś ŠÓÓĢĢ1.€The€author€of€the€communication€is€V.€V.,€a€Sri€Lankan€citizen€of€Tamil€origin€currentlyŠ <#Œ" Šresiding€in€Canada,€where€he€has€applied€for€refugee€status€and€is€at€risk€of€expulsion.€HeŠ "$r# Šalleges€that€his€expulsion€would€constitute€a€violation€of€article€3€of€the€Convention€againstŠ %X $ ŠTorture€and€Other€Cruel,€Inhuman€or€Degrading€Treatment€or€Punishment.€Š ī%>!% ŠĢņņThe€facts€as€submitted€by€the€authoróó€Š ŗ' #' ŠĢ2.1€The€author€states€that€in€July€1983€he€was€living€with€his€father,€brother€and€sister€atŠ †)Ö$) ŠVauvniya€and€that,€after€a€series€of€intercommunity€riots,€he€was€forced€to€seek€refuge€in€aŠ l*¼%* Šcamp,€where€he€remained€for€three€months.€In€1990€the€village€was€bombed€and€his€fatherŠ R+¢&+ Šlost€an€eye.€In€August€1990,€members€of€the€Liberation€Tigers€of€Tamil€Eelam€(LTTE)€stoleŠ 8,ˆ', Šhis€father's€van€and€used€it€to€attack€a€bank.€The€author€was€then€arrested€by€the€military€andŠ -n(- Štaken€to€the€military€camp€at€Vauvniya,€where€he€was€interrogated,€beaten€and€tortured.€TheŠ ° Šauthor€states€that€he€was€struck€with€nail„studded€planks,€held€close€to€a€flame,€kicked€withŠ –ę Šmetal„toed€boots€and€threatened€with€the€"barbed€wire€treatment".€After€25€days€he€managedŠ |Ģ Što€bribe€someone€and€return€to€his€father's€home.€Also€in€August€1990,€Tamil€fighters€cameŠ b² Što€his€family's€home€and€demanded€money,€which€the€family€paid.€The€soldiers€returned€forŠ H˜ Šmore€money€in€December€1990€and€again€in€March€1991.€Š . ~ ŠĢ2.2€In€August€1991,€the€author€opened€a€business€together€with€an€associate€whose€sister€wasŠ ś J Šthe€minister€of€education€and€whose€brother€was€a€police€inspector.€The€author€says€that€thisŠ ą 0 Šcaused€him€problems€because€"it€was€thought€that€[he]€supported€the€Government".€In€1992,Š Ę   Šhis€associate's€brother„in„law€and€brother€were€killed€by€the€LTTE.€The€author€then€decidedŠ ¬ ü  Što€move€to€Colombo.€He€adds€that,€because€of€the€riots€and€violence€taking€place€at€the€time,Š ’ā  Šhe€had€to€close€his€business.€Š xČ  ŠĢ2.3€In€Colombo,€both€the€LTTE€and€the€Eelam€People's€Democratic€Party€(EPDP)€demandedŠ D”  Šprotection€money€from€him.€The€author€did€not€feel€safe€and€decided€to€pay€someone€to€helpŠ *z  Šhim€leave€the€country.€Š ` ŠĢ2.4€The€author€arrived€in€Canada€on€17€November€1992€from€the€United€States€of€AmericaŠ Ü, Šand€applied€for€refugee€status€the€same€day.€On€16€July€1993,€the€Immigration€and€RefugeeŠ Ā ŠBoard€rejected€his€application€on€the€ground€that€his€story€was€inconsistent€and€that€he€hadŠ Øų Šprovided€no€evidence€to€justify€his€fears€of€persecution.€On€10€March€1994,€the€author'sŠ ŽŽ Šrequest€for€leave€to€appeal€the€Board's€decision€was€rejected€by€the€Federal€Court.€On€29Š tÄ ŠNovember€1995€the€application€he€had€submitted€on€the€basis€of€a€subsequent€risk€evaluationŠ ZŖ Šprocedure€was€rejected.€The€official€responsible€for€the€evaluation€found,€ņņinter€aliaóó,€that€theŠ @ Šauthor€had€not€been€harassed€by€the€police€when€he€had€informed€them€that€he€was€livingŠ &v Šin€Colombo,€that€the€greatest€risk€of€imprisonment€was€run€by€young€Tamils€whereas€theŠ  \ Šauthor€was€46,€and€that€the€Office€of€the€United€Nations€High€Commissioner€for€RefugeesŠ ņB Š(UNHCR)€had€standardized€its€approach€and€was€no€longer€requesting€that,€as€aŠ Ų( Šprecautionary€measure,€rejected€Tamil€asylum€seekers€only€be€sent€back€to€Sri€Lanka€if€theyŠ ¾ Šhad€family€or€friends€in€Colombo.€Š ¤ō ŠĢ2.5€In€January€1996,€the€author€applied€for€a€residence€permit€on€humanitarian€grounds;€theŠ p!Ą  Šimmigration€authorities€rejected€the€request.€The€author€states€that€he€has€exhausted€allŠ V"¦! Šdomestic€remedies.€Š <#Œ" ŠĢņņThe€complaintóó€Š %X $ ŠĢ3.1€The€author€states€that€he€fears€for€his€life€if€he€returns€to€his€country.€He€argues€that,€inŠ Ō&$"& Šview€of€the€extensive€military€operations€being€conducted€by€the€Government€in€his€regionŠ ŗ' #' Šof€origin,€it€is€impossible€for€him€to€return€there,€and€that€in€Colombo€all€Tamils€are€lookedŠ  (š#( Šon€with€suspicion€because€of€the€suicide€bombings.€According€to€the€author,€numerousŠ †)Ö$) ŠTamils€have€been€arrested€following€these€bombings€and€some€have€been€tortured.€TheŠ l*¼%* Šauthor€also€states€that€his€family€has€been€subjected€to€violence€in€Sri€Lanka.€He€points€outŠ R+¢&+ Šthat€he€has€already€been€arrested€once€and€tortured€and€submits€a€medical€certificate€datedŠ 8,ˆ', Š20€March€1996€indicating€that€he€has€a€lump€on€his€forehead,€a€scar€from€an€old€burn€on€hisŠ -n(- Šleft€forearm€and€a€scar€on€his€right€leg.€Š ° ŠĢ3.2€The€author€asks€the€Committee€to€request€Canada€not€to€send€him€back€to€Sri€Lanka.€HeŠ |Ģ Šargues€that€there€is€a€consistent€pattern€of€gross,€flagrant€or€mass€violations€of€human€rightsŠ b² Šin€Sri€Lanka.€Š H˜ ŠĢ3.3€Finally,€the€author€states€that€he€is€fully€integrated€into€Canadian€society,€that€severalŠ  d Šmembers€of€his€family€reside€in€Canada,€that€he€has€found€a€job€and€that€his€employer€isŠ ś J Šsupportive€of€his€attempts€to€remain€in€Canada.€Š ą 0 ŠĢņņState€party's€observations€on€the€admissibility€of€the€communicationóó€Š ¬ ü  ŠĢ4.€On€4€December€1996,€the€Committee,€through€its€Special€Rapporteur,€sent€theŠ xČ  Šcommunication€to€the€State€party€for€comments€and€requested€it€not€to€expel€the€authorŠ ^®  Šwhile€his€communication€was€under€consideration€by€the€Committee.€Š D”  ŠĢ5.1€In€a€reply€dated€25€March€1997,€the€State€party€challenges€the€admissibility€of€theŠ ` Šcommunication.€Š öF ŠĢ5.2€The€State€party€notes€that€the€author€left€his€country€on€30€October€1992€and€arrived€inŠ Ā ŠCanada€on€or€about€15€November€1992.€He€claimed€refugee€status€the€same€day.€On€20€JulyŠ Øų Š1993,€the€competent€court,€the€Refugee€Determination€Division€of€the€Immigration€andŠ ŽŽ ŠRefugee€Board,€rejected€the€author's€claim€for€lack€of€credibility.€The€Federal€Court€ofŠ tÄ ŠCanada€denied€his€request€for€leave€to€apply€for€judicial€review€of€the€Refugee€Division'sŠ ZŖ Šdecision.€Š @ ŠĢ5.3€An€official€of€the€Ministry€of€Citizenship€and€Immigration€evaluated€whether€theŠ  \ Šauthor's€expulsion€would€expose€him€personally€to€torture€or€cruel,€inhuman€or€degradingŠ ņB Štreatment.€The€author€did€not€ask€the€Federal€Court€to€review€the€decision.€The€author€alsoŠ Ų( Šinvoked€paragraph€114€(2)€of€the€Immigration€Act€and€asked€to€be€exempted€onŠ ¾ Šhumanitarian€grounds€from€the€provisions€of€the€Immigration€Act€and€to€be€allowed€to€applyŠ ¤ō Šfor€permanent€residence€in€Canada.€On€8€and€30€January€1996,€on€inspection€of€the€file,€itŠ Š Ś Šwas€concluded€that€the€author€had€not€established€humanitarian€grounds€for€exemption€fromŠ p!Ą  Šthe€provisions€of€the€Immigration€Act.€The€author€did€not€ask€the€Federal€Court€to€reviewŠ V"¦! Šthose€decisions.€On€2€April€1996,€he€was€expelled€to€the€United€States.€Š <#Œ" ŠĢ5.4€The€State€party€points€out€that€the€Committee's€communication€was€sent€to€it€on€4Š %X $ ŠDecember€1996,€several€months€after€the€author's€expulsion.€Š ī%>!% ŠĢ5.5€On€3€July€1996,€the€author€returned€to€Canada€from€the€United€States€and€again€filed€aŠ ŗ' #' Šclaim€to€refugee€status.€The€new€claim€began€a€completely€new€process€identical€to€the€oneŠ  (š#( Šfollowed€for€the€first€claim.€Thus,€a€conditional€residence€prohibition€was€issued€against€theŠ †)Ö$) Šauthor€on€3€July€1996€and€his€claim€was€referred€to€the€Refugee€Determination€Division€forŠ l*¼%* Šconsideration€on€the€merits.€The€expulsion€order€will€not€be€carried€out€unless€and€until€theŠ R+¢&+ ŠRefugee€Division€hands€down€a€negative€decision€on€the€claim€to€refugee€status.€Š 8,ˆ', ŠŠ -n(- Š5.6€The€author's€communication€is€aimed€at€preventing€him€from€being€sent€back€to€SriŠ ° ŠLanka€in€accordance€with€the€expulsion€order€handed€down€against€him€on€28€DecemberŠ –ę Š1992,€which€became€enforceable€on€29€November€1995.€The€author€was€expelled€fromŠ |Ģ ŠCanada€on€2€April€1996.€His€communication€is€therefore€completely€unwarranted€and€shouldŠ b² Šbe€declared€inadmissible.€Š H˜ ŠĢ5.7€In€addition,€a€new€situation€was€created€by€the€author's€second€claim€to€refugee€status;Š  d Šthis€situation€is€totally€different€from€the€one€which€gave€rise€to€the€communication,€and€isŠ ś J Šnot€covered€in€the€communication.€Š ą 0 ŠĢ5.8€Against€the€possibility€that,€despite€the€fact€that€the€grounds€for€it€no€longer€exist,€theŠ ¬ ü  ŠCommittee€wishes€to€study€the€process€followed€for€the€author's€first€claim€to€refugee€statusŠ ’ā  Šand€the€decisions€taken€at€that€time,€the€State€party€maintains€that€the€author€failed€toŠ xČ  Šexhaust€domestic€remedies€in€connection€with€at€least€three€decisions€readied€under€theŠ ^®  ŠImmigration€Act,€namely€the€decision€that€no€risk€was€involved€in€his€return€and€the€findingsŠ D”  Šthat€there€were€no€humanitarian€grounds€for€exemption€from€the€Immigration€Act.€Š *z  ŠĢ5.9€The€purpose€of€article€3€of€the€Convention€against€Torture€is€not€to€prohibit€allŠ öF Šexpulsions,€returns€or€extraditions€but€rather€to€prohibit€expulsion,€return€or€extradition€toŠ Ü, Ša€country€where€there€are€substantial€grounds€for€believing€that€the€person€might€beŠ Ā Šsubjected€to€torture.€Š Øų ŠĢ5.10€In€the€case€at€hand,€the€facts€have€demonstrated€the€communication's€lack€of€merit:Š tÄ Šcontrary€to€the€fear€he€alleges€in€his€communication,€the€author€was€not€sent€back€to€SriŠ ZŖ ŠLanka,€but€to€the€United€States,€the€country€from€which€he€had€entered€Canada.€Š @ ŠĢ5.11€The€State€party€maintains€that€even€if€the€Committee€concludes€that€it€is€able€toŠ  \ Šconsider€the€situation€subsequent€to€the€author's€expulsion€to€the€United€States,€theŠ ņB Šcommunication€should€still€be€considered€inadmissible€because€the€author€has€notŠ Ų( Šestablished€a€minimum€of€support€for€his€communication.€He€is€currently€at€no€risk€ofŠ ¾ Šexpulsion€from€Canada€as€his€claim€to€refugee€status€is€pending€before€the€appropriate€court.€Š ¤ō ŠĢ5.12€In€addition,€the€country€to€which€he€would€be€sent€if€expelled€has€not€yet€beenŠ p!Ą  Šdetermined.€As€indicated€by€his€2€April€1996€expulsion€and€consistent€with€the€agreementŠ V"¦! Šwith€the€American€authorities,€if€expelled€the€author€would€most€probably€be€sent€to€theŠ <#Œ" ŠUnited€States€since€he€entered€Canada€from€that€country.€Š "$r# ŠĢ5.13€The€Committee€against€Torture€has€made€it€quite€clear€that€an€author€must€establish,Š ī%>!% Šat€the€very€least€prima€facie€at€the€admissibility€stage,€that€he€is€personally€at€risk€of€beingŠ Ō&$"& Štortured.€Recent€evidence€does€not€support€the€statements€to€the€effect€that€the€Tamils€areŠ ŗ' #' Šin€danger€in€Colombo.€According€to€a€UNHCR€document€dated€9€September€1996,€tortureŠ  (š#( Šand€other€forms€of€ill„treatment€are€not€practised€by€the€police€and€authorities€in€Colombo.€Š †)Ö$) ŠĢ5.14€The€Canadian€Government€maintains€that€the€author€of€the€communication€has€notŠ R+¢&+ Šestablished€prima€facie€either€that€he€risks€being€returned€to€Sri€Lanka€or€that€he€would€beŠ 8,ˆ', Špersonally€at€risk€of€being€tortured€if€he€were€returned€there.€Š -n(- Ї5.15€The€consideration€of€the€second€claim€to€refugee€status€is€still€pending.€Should€theŠ ° Šdecision€on€that€claim€be€negative,€the€author€could€ask€to€be€included€in€the€category€ofŠ –ę Š"asylum€seekers€without€recognized€refugee€status",€as€a€person€at€risk€of€being€tortured€orŠ |Ģ Šsubjected€to€inhuman€or€degrading€treatment€in€the€country€to€which€he€would€return.€Š b² ŠĢ5.16€The€author€can€also€repeat€his€request€under€paragraph€114€(2)€of€the€Immigration€ActŠ . ~ Što€be€exempted,€on€humanitarian€grounds,€from€the€provisions€of€the€Act€and€to€be€allowedŠ  d Što€file€an€application€for€permanent€residence€in€Canada.€Š ś J ŠĢ5.17€Should€the€decision€on€the€claim€to€refugee€status€be€negative,€a€request€could€be€madeŠ Ę   Šfor€leave€to€apply€to€the€Federal€Court€for€judicial€review.€The€same€is€true€of€the€decisionŠ ¬ ü  Šconcerning€the€"asylum€seekers€without€recognized€refugee€status"€category€and€the€decisionŠ ’ā  Šconcerning€exemption€from€the€provisions€of€the€Act€on€humanitarian€grounds.€Š xČ  ŠĢņņComments€by€the€authoróó€Š D”  ŠĢ6.1€In€a€letter€dated€15€May€1997,€the€author€states€that€he€has€been€a€victim€of€torture,€asŠ ` Šconfirmed€in€the€report€of€a€Canadian€doctor€belonging€to€the€ņņRseau€d'intervention€auprsŠ öF Šdes€personnes€ayant€subi€la€violence€organiseóó€(RIVO)€(Intervention€network€for€victimsŠ Ü, Šof€organized€violence),€which€has€been€submitted€to€the€Committee.€Š Ā ŠĢ6.2€A€treaty€between€Canada€and€the€United€States€for€monitoring€asylum€seekers€andŠ ŽŽ Šimmigrants,€which€will€probably€be€signed€this€year,€will€end€the€possibility€of€being€sentŠ tÄ Šback€to€the€United€States€after€being€refused€asylum€in€Canada.€Persons€claiming€asylum€inŠ ZŖ ŠCanada€whose€applications€have€been€rejected€will€no€longer€be€entitled€to€travel€to€theŠ @ ŠUnited€States€to€file€their€claims€and€vice€versa.€The€two€countries€will€exchangeŠ &v Šinformation€and€block€access€to€their€territory€by€claimants€who€have€been€rejected€by€theŠ  \ Šother€partner€to€this€agreement.€Š ņB ŠĢ6.3€The€second€claim€has€virtually€no€chance€of€succeeding,€as€the€usual€practice€is€for€theŠ ¾ ŠImmigration€Board's€decision€to€be€based€almost€entirely€on€the€first€negative€decision€andŠ ¤ō Šthe€stenographic€notes€of€the€first€testimony.€Š Š Ś ŠĢ6.4€Regarding€the€State€party's€assertion€that€the€claimant€has€a€remedy€available€for€the€riskŠ V"¦! Šof€return€before€he€is€expelled€a€second€time,€it€should€be€noted€that€only€3€per€cent€of€theŠ <#Œ" Šapplications€filed€under€this€procedure€are€currently€being€accepted.€Š "$r# ŠĢ6.5€Concerning€exhaustion€of€domestic€remedies,€the€author€appealed€the€rejection€of€hisŠ ī%>!% Šclaim€by€filing€an€application€for€review€with€Federal€Court;€the€application€was€rejected.Š Ō&$"& ŠThe€so„called€"risk€of€return"€procedure€was€then€begun.€The€application€was,€however,Š ŗ' #' Šrejected,€on€the€ground€that€the€author€could€take€refuge€in€Colombo.€That€was€a€senselessŠ  (š#( Šargument,€since€Colombo€had€been€the€target€of€terrorist€attacks€for€over€a€year.€Š †)Ö$) ŠĢ6.6€At€that€point€ordinary€remedies€had€been€concluded.€The€author€again€applied€to€theŠ R+¢&+ ŠMinistry€of€Immigration€for€a€residence€permit€on€humanitarian€grounds,€which€is€a€specialŠ 8,ˆ', Šand€costly€remedy.€He€received€a€negative€decision€within€24€hours,€which€casts€some€doubtŠ -n(- Šon€the€fairness€of€the€procedure.€Š ° ŠĢ6.7€The€immigration€officials€told€counsel€that€she€could€make€representations€to€anŠ |Ģ Šadjudicator€prior€to€the€author's€expulsion.€On€the€day€of€the€hearing,€however,€counselŠ b² Šlearned€that€the€author€had€been€expelled€two€days€earlier.€Š H˜ ŠĢ6.8€In€the€author's€opinion,€his€application€to€the€Committee€concerns€his€past,€present€andŠ  d Šfuture€situation€as€long€as€the€risk€of€being€sent€back€to€Sri€Lanka€persists.€He€has€thereforeŠ ś J Šasked€the€Committee€to€suspend€consideration€of€his€case€pending€the€decision€on€his€newŠ ą 0 Šapplication€for€asylum.€Š Ę   ŠĢņņIssues€and€proceedings€before€the€Committeeóó€Š ’ā  ŠĢ7.1€Before€considering€any€of€the€allegations€in€a€communication,€the€Committee€againstŠ ^®  ŠTorture€must€decide€whether€or€not€the€communication€is€admissible€under€article€22€of€theŠ D”  ŠConvention.€Š *z  ŠĢ7.2€In€contrast€to€the€State€party's€opinion,€the€Committee€is€of€the€view€that€the€author'sŠ öF Šcommunication€also€concerns€the€second€claim€to€refugee€status,€for€its€purpose€is€identicalŠ Ü, Što€that€of€the€first€claim.€Š Ā ŠĢ7.3€Article€22,€paragraph€5€(b),€of€the€Convention€provides€that€the€Committee€shall€notŠ ŽŽ Šconsider€any€communication€unless€it€has€ascertained€that€all€available€domestic€remediesŠ tÄ Šhave€been€exhausted;€this€shall€not€be€the€rule€if€it€is€established€that€the€application€ofŠ ZŖ Šremedies€has€been€or€would€be€unreasonably€prolonged€or€would€be€unlikely€to€bring€theŠ @ Šalleged€victim€effective€relief.€In€the€present€case€the€author€has€claimed€refugee€status,€butŠ &v Šthe€Refugee€Division€of€the€Immigration€and€Refugee€Board€has€not€yet€taken€a€decision€onŠ  \ Šhis€case.€The€author€has€not€said€that€this€delay€in€the€decision€is€unreasonable.€OtherŠ ņB Šremedies€will€still€be€available€when€the€decision€has€been€handed€down.€In€theseŠ Ų( Šcircumstances€the€Committee€finds€that€the€conditions€laid€down€in€article€22,€paragraph€5Š ¾ Š(b),€of€the€Convention€have€not€been€met.€Š ¤ō ŠĢ8.€Accordingly,€the€Committee€against€Torture€decides:€Š p!Ą  ŠĢ(a)€That€the€communication€as€it€stands€is€inadmissible;€Š <#Œ" ŠĢ(b)€That€pursuant€to€rule€109€of€its€rules€of€procedure,€this€decision€may€be€reviewed€by€theŠ %X $ ŠCommittee€upon€a€written€request€containing€documentary€evidence€to€the€effect€that€theŠ ī%>!% Šreasons€for€inadmissibility€are€no€longer€valid;€Š Ō&$"& ŠĢ(c)€That€this€decision€shall€be€communicated€to€the€author€and€to€the€State€party.€Š  (š#( ŠĢ[Done€in€English,€French,€Russian€and€Spanish,€the€French€text€being€the€original€version.]€Š l*¼%* ŠÓ”Ó