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(28) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely its reports submitted to the
Committee, its replies to the list of issues, the summary records of meetings and the
conclusions and recommendations of the Committee, in all appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(29) The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance
with the requirements of the common core document in the harmonized guidelines on
reporting, as approved by the international human rights treaty bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5).
(30) The Committee requests the State party to provide, within a year, information on its
response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 9, 11, 12 and 26
above.
(31) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be the fourth
report, by 20 November 2013.
51.
Colombia
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the fourth periodic report of Colombia
(CAT/C/COL/4) at its 908th and 911th meetings (CAT/C/SR.908 and 911), held on 10 and
11 November 2009, and adopted, at its 925th meeting (CAT/C/SR.925), the following
concluding observations.
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the fourth periodic report of Colombia, appreciates the
sincere and open dialogue with the delegation of the State party and is grateful for the
written replies to the list of issues (CAT/C/COL/Q/4/Add.1), which facilitated the
discussions between the delegation and members of the Committee. The Committee also
expresses its gratitude for the information supplied to the Committee in 2006
(CAT/C/COL/CO/3/Add.1) and in 2007 (CAT/C/COL/CO/3/Add.2) concerning the
implementation of the previous recommendations.
B.
Positive aspects
(3)
The Committee notes with appreciation that, during the period since it considered
the third periodic report, the State party has ratified the following instruments:
(a)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (ratified on 23 January 2007);
(b)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict (ratified on 25 May 2005);
(c)
Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons (ratified on
12 April 2005);
(d)
ILO Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No. 182) (ratified on 28 January 2005);
(e)
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children (ratified on 4 August 2004);
(f)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography (ratified on 11 November 2003).
(4)
The Committee welcomes the continued cooperation of the State party with the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) since the
establishment of an office in the country in 1997.
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