FOURTH SECTION

Application no . 5176/13 A.R.M . against Bosnia and Herzegovina lodged on 18 January 2013

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant A.R.M. is an Iranian national, who is currently detained at the Immigration Centre in Sarajevo . He is represented before the Court by Vaša Prava, a local non-governmental organisation.

A. The circumstances of the case

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.

On 17 September 2012 the Aliens Service es tablished that t he applicant had illegally entered in Bosnia and Herzegovina and order ed him to leave the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina within eight days from the date on which that decision became final. The applicant did not appeal against that decision and it became final.

On 24 October 2012 the Asylum Service refused the applicant ’ s request for asylum and ordered him to leave the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina within 15 days from the dat e on which that decision became final. On 3 January 2013 the State Court upheld that decision and it became final. It appears that the applicant did not appeal to the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

B. Relevant international documents

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Annual Report 2012 (available at http://www.uscirf.gov/reports-and-briefs/annual-report/3706.html , last accessed on 21 January 2013).

United Kingdom : Home Office, Operational Guidance Note - Iran , October 2012 (available at| http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/508fd7112.html, last accessed on 21 January 2013).

Ireland : Refugee Documentation Centre , Iran : Reports of convictions for apostasy in Iran within the last 5 years , 12 September 2012 ( available at: http://www.unhcr.or g/refworld/docid/50571e162.html, last accessed on 21 January 2013).

COMPLAINT

The applicant fears that he would be at real risk of ill-treatment contrary to Article 3 if returned to Iran because he converted to Christianity.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Would the applicant face a real risk of being subjected to treatment in breach of Article 3 of the Convention if he were to be deported to Iran ( see, for example, M.B. and Others v. Turkey , no. 36009/08 , 15 June 2010 )?