other closed premises. Four murderers had recently been sentenced to death. The general tendency was to restrict the application of capital punishment to a limited number of crimes. Economic crimes punishable by death were defined in article 4 of the Law on Economic Crimes and included deliberate sabotage of installations, such as those for petroleum production, which were vital for the national economy. Executions were not carried out in public, but television programmes were referring to them when they dealt with problems connected with criminality. The list of the death sentences that had been handed down would be transmitted to the Committee at a later stage. Conclusions and recommendations 204. The Committee expressed its thanks to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and its representative for having provided, in the additional report and during the presentation of that document, replies to the questions raised by the Committee during its consideration, in November 1991, of the initial report. The replies provided enabled the Committee to evaluate the efforts made by the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to implement the Convention; the Committee considered that the Libyan legal system was in conformity with the Convention. 205. The Committee also stated that it was awaiting with impatience the second periodic report of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, due in June 1994, and that it would be grateful if that report would describe the application of the Convention article by article. 206. The Committee’s attention had been drawn to a few cases of torture in the country in connection with which the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya had taken legal action. The Committee noted the action taken and urged the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to continue to take the necessary measures to eliminate and prevent torture. 207. The Committee requested information on the number of cases of torture in which proceedings had been instituted and on the results of those proceedings. It appreciated the way in which the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, through its representative, had made sincere efforts to reply to its questions. Mexico 208. The second periodic report of Mexico (CAT/C/17/Add.3) was considered by the Committee at its 130th and 131st meetings, on 17 November 1992 (see CAT/C/SR.130, 131 and 131/Add.2). 209. The report was introduced by the representative of the reporting State, who described the most important legislative, administrative and judicial measures taken to prevent and punish torture during the period 1988 to 1992. In this connection, he drew attention to the establishment of the National Commission on Human Rights in 1990 and its acquisition of constitutional status in 1992. The representative also outlined the activities of that Commission. They included, first, the investigation of complaints of human rights violations, such as allegations of torture. In this regard, he indicated that the Commission made public recommendations to the competent authorities and could request information from them in the course of its investigations. Secondly, the Commission made proposals for action, which included the adoption of administrative measures and the amendment of national legislation, to improve the State party’s compliance with its international human rights obligations. Thirdly, the Commission was active in developing awareness of human rights for the public, in general, and in providing training and education in the area of the prevention of human rights violations for administration of justice officials, in particular. -36-