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(b)
General guidelines regarding the form and content of periodic reports to be
submitted by States parties under article 19, paragraph 1, of the Convention (CAT/C/14/Rev.1).
32.
In accordance with the decision taken by the Committee at its eleventh session,* the
following sections, arranged on a country-by-country basis according to the sequence followed
by the Committee in its consideration of the reports, contain references to the reports submitted
by the States parties and to the summary records of the meetings of the Committee at which the
reports were considered, as well as the text of conclusions and recommendations adopted by the
Committee with respect to the States parties’ reports considered at its twenty-fifth and
twenty-sixth sessions.
Armenia
33.
The Committee considered the second periodic report of Armenia (CAT/C/43/Add.3) at
its 440th, 443rd and 447th meetings, held on 14, 15 and 17 November 2000 (CAT/C/SR.440,
443 and 447), and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations.
A. Introduction
34.
The Committee notes that the second periodic report of Armenia was not prepared in full
conformity with the June 1998 guidelines for the preparation of periodic reports. It nevertheless
welcomes with satisfaction the Armenian delegation’s oral introduction of the report and
willingness to engage in a dialogue.
B. Positive aspects
35.
The Committee takes note with satisfaction of the following elements:
(a)
Ongoing efforts to establish a legal system based on universal human values in
order to safeguard fundamental human rights, including the right not to be subjected to torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
(b)
The moratorium on the application of the death penalty and the fact that the death
penalty is not provided for in the draft Penal Code;
(c)
The fact that a person may not be extradited to another State if there are
substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture or
sentenced to death;
(d)
The human rights training programme for government law enforcement officials
and, in particular, employees of the Ministry of the Interior and National Security;
*
Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth session, Supplement No. 44 (A/49/44),
paras. 12-13.