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(35) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely its report submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, through official websites, the
media and non-governmental organizations.
(36) The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report detailed
information on the steps it has taken to comply with the recommendations contained in
these concluding observations.
(37) The Committee invites the State party to submit its fifth periodic report by 20
November 2013 at the latest.
52.
El Salvador
(1)
The Committee considered the second periodic report of El Salvador
(CAT/C/SLV/2) at its 902nd and 904th meetings (CAT/C/SR.902 and 904), held on 5 and 6
November 2009, and adopted, at its 920th and 921st meetings (CAT/C/SR.920 and 921),
held on 18 November 2009, the following concluding observations.
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the second periodic report of El Salvador, prepared in
accordance with the general directives concerning the form and content of periodic reports.
However, the Committee regrets that the report was submitted six years late. The
Committee appreciates the constructive dialogue established with the representatives of the
State party, and expresses its gratitude for the replies provided in response to the questions
and concerns raised by the Committee.
B.
Positive aspects
(3)
The Committee notes with appreciation that, during the period since it considered
the initial report, the State party has ratified the following international instruments:
(a)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional
Protocol (ratified on 13 December 2006 and 14 December 2007 respectively);
(b)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography (ratified on 17 May 2004);
(c)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict (ratified on 18 April 2002).
(4)
The Committee appreciates the invitations extended by the State party to various
components of the special procedures, including the Working Group on Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its
causes and consequences.
(5)
The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has eliminated the death
penalty. However, it recommends that the State party should also eliminate it for certain
military offences stipulated in military legislation during a state of international war.
(6)
The Committee notes with appreciation the adoption of the Special Act on the
Protection of Victims and Witnesses in May 2006.
(7)
The Committee welcomes:
(a)
The establishment of the Salvadoran Institute for the Development of
Children and Adolescents through the amendment of the Act on the Salvadoran Institute for
the Comprehensive Development of Children and Adolescents in July 2006;
(b)
July 2002;
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The establishment of the Commission on Refugee Status Determination in
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