Mutombo v. Switzerland

Title: Mutombo v. Switzerland

Description:

Human rights — Jurisdiction — Torture — Convention against Torture, 1984 — Duty of non-refoulement in Article 3 — Conditions — Political activities in Zaire — Author applying for refugee status in Switzerland — Relevance of existence of consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights in Zaire — Whether author personally at risk of torture — Whether torture “foreseeable and necessary consequence” of return to Zaire — Obligation of State Party under Convention — Whether expulsion of author to Zaire would constitute a violation of Article 3 of Convention by SwitzerlandInternational tribunals — United Nations Committee against Torture — Jurisdiction — Procedure — Proof.