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trafficking, ill-treatment of migrant workers and domestic and sexual violence as well
as on compensation and rehabilitation provided to the victims.
(29) The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Optional
Protocol to the Convention.
(30) The Committee welcomes the commitment of the State party made during the
dialogue to withdraw its reservation to article 20 of the Convention.
(31) The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations
envisaged under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
(32) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights
treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families and the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance.
(33) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the Rome Statute on the International
Criminal Court, the Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on
the Reduction of Statelessness.
(34) The Committee invites the State party to present its next periodic report accordance
with its reporting guidelines and to observe the page limit of 40 pages for the treaty-specific
document. The Committee also invites the State party to update its common core document
in accordance with the requirements of the common core document contained in the
harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties
(HRI/GEN.2/Rev.6), approved by the Inter-Committee meeting of the human rights treaty
bodies, and to observe the page limit of 80 pages for the common core document. The
treaty-specific document and the common core document together constitute the reporting
obligation of the State party under the Convention.
(35) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted to the
Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(36) The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 10,
11 and 17 and to provide information on the follow-up to its commitment referred to in
paragraph 6 of the present concluding observations.
(37) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be the third
report, by 3 June 2015.
58.
Mauritius
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the third periodic report of Mauritius
(CAT/C/MUS/3), submitted in accordance with the new optional reporting procedure, at its
998th and 1001st meetings, held on 19 May and 20 May 2011 (CAT/C/SR.998 and 1001),
and adopted, at its 1015th meeting, held on 31 May (CAT/C/SR 1015), the following
concluding observations.
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the submission of the third periodic report of Mauritius in
accordance with the new optional reporting procedure of the Committee consisting of
replies by the State party to a list of issues prepared and transmitted by the Committee. The
Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for agreeing to report under this
new procedure which facilitates the dialogue between the State party and the Committee.
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