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on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto;
and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance. In addition, the State party should consider acceding to the Convention
relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto, the Convention relating to the
Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
(22) The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations in appropriate languages through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(23) The State party is invited to submit its common core document, in accordance with
the requirements contained in the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the
international human rights treaties (HRI/GEN.2/Rev.6).
(24) The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 22 November 2014, followup information in response to the Committee’s recommendations relating to: (a) access to a
doctor of their own choice for persons deprived of their liberty from the outset of
deprivation of liberty; (b) sensitizing and training law enforcement personnel and judicial
officials; and (c) strictly monitoring and supervising the use of electrical discharge
weapons, as contained in paragraphs 8, 13 (c) and 19 respectively of the present document.
(25) The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the second periodic
report, by 22 November 2017. For that purpose, the Committee invites the State party to
accept, by 22 November 2014, to report under its optional reporting procedure, consisting
in the transmittal by the Committee to the State party of a list of issues prior to the
submission of the report. The State party’s response to this list of issues will constitute,
under article 19 of the Convention, its next periodic report.
55.
Belgium
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the third periodic report of Belgium
(CAT/C/BEL/3) at its 1182nd and 1185th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1182 and 1185), held on 5
and 6 November 2013, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1201st
meeting (CAT/C/SR.1201), held on 18 November 2013.
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the third periodic report of the State party, prepared in
compliance with the new optional reporting procedure under which a list of issues is
established by the Committee.
(3)
The Committee appreciates the quality of its dialogue with the State party’s highlevel delegation and of the responses provided orally to the questions and concerns raised
during the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
(4)
The Committee takes note with satisfaction of the State party’s ratification of or
accession to the following instruments since the consideration of its second periodic report:
(a)
The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against
Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, on 8 March 2013;
(b)
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, on 2 June 2011;
(c)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional
Protocol thereto, on 2 July 2009;
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