(37) The Committee also encourages the State party to consider making the declaration under article 22 of the Convention, thereby recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive and consider individual communications. (38) The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party consider withdrawing its reservations and declarations to the Convention. (39) In view of the commitment of Indonesia to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention by 2009, as indicated in its second national human rights action plan, the Committee encourages the State party to consider the establishment of a national preventive mechanism. (40) The State party should consider ratifying the major United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. (41) The State party should widely disseminate its report, its replies to the list of issues, the summary records of the meetings and the concluding observations of the Committee, by means of official websites and the media, in particular to groups made vulnerable. (42) 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 recommended by the international human rights treaty bodies (HRI/MC/2006/3 and Corr.1). (43) The Committee requests that the State party provide, within one year, information on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 10, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 25 above. (44) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be its third periodic report, by 30 June 2012. 43. Sweden (1) The Committee considered the fifth periodic report of Sweden (CAT/C/SWE/5) at its 811th and 812th meetings (CAT/C/SR.811 and 812), held on 29 and 30 May 2008, and adopted, at its 827th meeting (CAT/C/SR.827), the following concluding observations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the fifth periodic report of Sweden and the information presented therein. The Committee also expresses its appreciation for the State party’s thorough written responses to the list of issues (CAT/C/SWE/Q/5/Add.1), which provided additional information on the legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures taken by the State party in order to prevent acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Furthermore, the Committee notes with satisfaction the constructive efforts made by the multisectoral State party delegation to provide additional information and explanation during the dialogue. B. Positive aspects (3) The Committee notes with appreciation that in the period since the consideration of the last periodic report, the State party has acceded to or ratified a number of international instruments, including: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, on 19 January 2007; (b) The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, on 1 July 2004; 72

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