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(f)
Statistics on violence against women and children and outcomes of
prosecutions initiated.
(35) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted by
Cameroon and the concluding observations of the Committee in the appropriate languages
and by all appropriate means, including through the media and NGOs.
(36) The Committee invites the State party to update its core document of 19 June 2000
(HRI/CORE/1/Add.109) in accordance with the harmonized guidelines on reporting,
approved recently by the international human rights treaty monitoring bodies
(HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6).
(37) The Committee urges the State party to ratify the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which it signed on 6 February
2007.
(38) The Committee requests the State party to provide it, within one year, with
information on the follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations in paragraphs 14, 18, 19
and 25 above.
(39) The Committee requests the State party to submit its fifth periodic report by 14 May
2014 at the latest.
59.
France
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the consolidated fourth to sixth periodic
reports of France (CAT/C/FRA/4-6) at its 928th and 931st meetings, held on 27 and 28
April 2010 (CAT/C/SR.928 and 931), and adopted the following concluding observations
at its 946th meeting, held on 10 May 2010 (CAT/C/SR.946).
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the consolidated fourth to sixth periodic reports of
France, which broadly comply with the guidelines on the form and content of periodic
reports.
(3)
The Committee appreciated the quality of France’s well documented written replies
to the list of issues (CAT/C/FRA/Q/4-6 and Add.1) and the additional information provided
orally during the consideration of the report. The Committee also appreciated the
constructive dialogue that took place with the delegation representing the State party and
thanks it for its clear and straightforward answers to the questions raised by Committee
members.
B.
Positive aspects
(4)
The Committee takes note with satisfaction of:
(a)
The State party’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention and
the related establishment, under the Act of 30 October 2007, of the post of InspectorGeneral (Contrôleur général) of places of deprivation of liberty, which constitutes a
national preventive mechanism within the meaning of the Optional Protocol;
(b)
The State party’s accession, on 2 October 2007, to the Second Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition
of the death penalty;
(c)
The State party’s ratification, on 23 September 2008, of the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance;
(d)
The State party’s ratification, on 18 February 2010, of the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol.
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