Khan v. Canada

Abstract

Human rights — Jurisdiction — Torture — Convention against Torture, 1984 — Duty of non-refoulement in Article 3 — Conditions — Requirement that individual must be personally at risk of being subjected to torture — Relevance of consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights in State to which individual is to be returned — State to which individual to be returned not a party to the Convention — Relevance

International tribunals — United Nations Committee against Torture — Jurisdiction — Procedure — Proof — Allegation that return of individual by Convention State to non-Convention State would expose him to risk of torture — Convention against Torture, 1984, Article 3