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(25) The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its cooperation with
United Nations human rights mechanisms, and its efforts for the implementation of their
recommendations. The State party should take further steps to ensure a well-coordinated,
transparent and publicly accessible approach to overseeing implementation of its
obligations under the United Nations human rights mechanisms, including the Convention.
(26) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
(27) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the report that it submitted to
the Committee, its replies to the list of issues, the summary records of meetings, and the
conclusions and recommendations of the Committee, in all appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(28) The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 23 May 2015, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations relating to (a) ensuring or
strengthening legal safeguards for detained persons; (b) conducting prompt, impartial and
effective investigations and (c) prosecuting suspects and sanctioning perpetrators of torture
or ill-treatment, in accordance with paragraphs 7, 13 and 14 of the present concluding
observations.
(29) The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the third periodic
report, by 23 May 2018. To that end, the Committee will, in due course, submit to the State
party a list of issues prior to reporting, in view of the fact that the State party has accepted
to report to the Committee under the optional reporting procedure.
68.
Sierra Leone
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the initial report of Sierra Leone
(CAT/C/SLE/1) at its 1219th and 1221st meetings, held on 2 and 5 May 2014 (see
CAT/C/SR.1219 and 1221), and adopted the following concluding observations at its
1237th meeting, held on 15 May 2014 (see CAT/C/SR.1237), and its 1238th meeting, held
on 16 May 2014 (CAT/C/SR.1238).
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the initial report of Sierra Leone (CAT/C/SLE/1).
However, the Committee regrets that the report does not fully conform to the Committee’s
guidelines on the form and content of initial reports (CAT/C/4/Rev.3), and that it was
submitted with an 11-year delay, which prevented the Committee from conducting an
analysis of the implementation of the Convention in the State party following its accession
in 2001.
(3)
The Committee is grateful to the State party for the constructive and frank dialogue
held with its high-level delegation and the additional information that was provided during
the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
(4)
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of the following international
instruments:
(a)
The Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of
children in armed conflict, on 17 September 2001 and 15 May 2002 respectively;
(b)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 4 October
2010.
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