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(30) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment.
(31) The Committee further invites the State party to ratify the main United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely, the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (signed on 25 September
2009), the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (signed on 4 April 2001), the Second Optional Protocol to
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Convention
for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
(32) The Committee notes that the Government’s programme for 2009–2014, under
political reform relating to human rights, includes promoting the withdrawal of reservations
on the recognition of competence. Nevertheless, the Committee recommends that the State
party examine the possibility of making the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22
of the Convention.
(33) 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. The Committee recommends that the State party take all
appropriate steps to implement these recommendations, including their transmission to
members of the Government and Congress for consideration and adoption of any necessary
measures.
(34) The Committee recommends that the State party disseminate widely through the
media, official websites and non-governmental organizations, including in indigenous
languages, the reports it submits to the Committee, together with these conclusions and
recommendations.
(35) The Committee requests the State party to inform it within one year of the steps
taken in pursuance of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 15, 19 and 21.
(36) The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance
with the harmonized guidelines on reporting (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6).
(37) The State party is invited to submit its third periodic report by 20 November 2013 at
the latest.
53.
Republic of Moldova
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the second periodic report of the
Republic of Moldova (CAT/C/MDA/2) at its 910th and 912th meetings (CAT/C/SR.910
and 912), held on 11 and 12 November 2009, and adopted, at its 922nd meeting
(CAT/C/SR.922) held on 19 November 2009, the conclusions and recommendations as set
out below.
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the submission of the second periodic report of the
Republic of Moldova, which, while generally following the Committee’s guidelines for
reporting, is submitted with a delay of almost three years, and lacks statistical and practical
information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention. The Committee
also welcomes the submissions of the replies to the list of issues
(CAT/C/MDA/Q/2/Add.1), in which the State party provided additional information on the
measures it has taken to implement the Convention. The Committee regrets, however, that
the State party has not responded in the framework of follow-up to the questions that it
raised in the course of consideration of the initial report of the Republic of Moldova
(CAT/C/32/Add.4), despite the reminder sent on 7 March 2006 by the Committee’s
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