A/68/44 A. Introduction (2) The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the optional reporting procedure and for submitting its sixth periodic report by providing detailed replies to the list of issues (CAT/C/PER/Q/6), as it improves the cooperation between the State party and the Committee and focuses the examination of the report as well as the dialogue with the delegation. (3) The Committee also appreciates the open and constructive dialogue with the highlevel delegation of the State party and the supplementary information supplied. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee welcomes that, since the consideration of the fourth periodic report, the State party ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, on 14 September 2006; (b) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 30 January 2008; (c) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 30 January 2008; (d) International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, on 26 September 2012. (5) The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to revise its legislation in areas of relevance to the Convention, including: (a) Entry into force in July 2006 of the new Code of Criminal Procedure, adopted by Legislative Decree No. 957 of July 2004; (b) Approval by Act No. 28592 of the Comprehensive Reparations Plan, in July (c) Incorporation of the crime of femicide in article 107 of the Criminal Code; 2005; (d) Repeal on 15 September 2010 of Legislative Decree No. 1097 that stipulated that the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity would only apply as of 9 November 2003; (e) Adoption of Refugee Law No. 27891 of 20 December 2002. (6) The Committee also welcomes the efforts of the State party to amend its policies, programmes and administrative measures to give effect to the Convention, including: (a) Establishment of a specialized judicial subsystem under the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary to prosecute human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict; (b) Establishment in 2006 of the Central Register of Victims under the responsibility of the Reparations Council; (c) Adoption of the National Mental Health Plan and of the Coordinated National Health Plan 2007–2020 which gives priority attention to victims of political violence; (d) Establishment in October 2010 of the Multisectoral Technical Commission to draw up guidelines and methodologies to determine amounts, procedures and conditions for the Economic Reparations Programme payments; 40 GE.13-46043