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(26) The State party is urged to ensure wide circulation, in all its official languages, of
the report submitted to the Committee and of the Committee’s concluding observations
through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(27) The Committee requests the State party to report, within one year, on its follow-up
to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 11, 14, 19 (a) and 19 (b) of
the present document.
(28) The Committee invites the State party to submit its next periodic report, which will
be the fourth report, by 3 June 2015.
59.
Monaco
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the fourth and fifth periodic reports of
Monaco (CERD/C/MCO/4-5) at its 1000th and 1003rd meetings (CAT/C/SR.1000 and
1003), held on 20 and 23 May 2011, and adopted the following concluding observations at
its 1015th meeting (CAT/C/SR.1015).
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Monaco and the
fact that they were submitted in accordance with the new optional reporting procedure,
under which the State party replies to a list of issues sent to it by the Committee
(CAT/C/MCO/Q/4). The Committee thanks the State party for agreeing to submit its report
under this new optional procedure, which facilitates cooperation between the State party
and the Committee.
(3)
The Committee welcomes the frank and constructive dialogue with the State party’s
high-level delegation, which it thanks for its clear, specific and detailed answers during the
dialogue, and also for the additional written replies provided.
B.
Positive aspects
(4)
The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has ratified the following
international human rights instruments during the reporting period:
(a)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, in 2005;
(b)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography, in 2008.
(5)
The Committee takes note with satisfaction of:
(a)
The entry into force of Act No. 1,343 of 26 December 2007 on justice and
liberty, amending certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which guarantees
the rights of persons held in police custody or pretrial detention. The Act also establishes a
system of compensation for unjustified pretrial detention;
(b)
The entry into force of Act No. 1,344 of 26 December 2007, on increased
penalties for crimes against children;
(c)
The entry into force of Act No. 1,312 of 29 June 2006 on the obligation to
justify administrative decisions, including refoulement decisions, failing which they will be
deemed null and void;
(d)
Sovereign Ordinance No. 605 of 1 August 2006, giving effect to the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its two additional
protocols.
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