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(22) The Committee also recommends that the State party make the declarations provided
for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, thereby recognizing the competence of the
Committee to receive and consider individual complaints of violations of the Convention.
(23) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the main human rights instruments of
the United Nations to which it is not yet a party, including the International Convention on
the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for
the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
(24) The State party is urged to ensure the broad circulation of the report that it has
submitted to the Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations through official
websites, the media and NGOs.
(25) The Committee also urges the State party to update its common core document of 18
May 2004 (HRI/CORE/1/Add.31/Rev.1), and in so doing follow the harmonized guidelines
on reporting under the international human rights treaties approved in June 2009 by the
monitoring bodies of international instruments for human rights (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6).
(26) The Committee requests that the State party provide information, within one year,
on its follow-up to the recommendations made in paragraphs 8, 10, 14 and 15 of these
concluding observations.
(27) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be its second,
by 25 November 2015. In this connection, the Committee requests that the State party
accept instead to submit its report by 25 November 2012, under the optional procedure,
which consists in the Committee sending a list of issues to the State party prior to
presentation of the report, with the replies of the State party constituting, in accordance
with article 19 of the Convention, the next periodic report.
57.
Morocco
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the fourth periodic report of Morocco
(CAT/C/MAR/4) at its 1022nd and 1025th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1022 and 1025), held on 1
and 2 November 2011, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1042nd,
1043rd and 1045th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1042, 1043 and 1045).
A.
Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the submission of the fourth periodic report of Morocco,
the written replies provided by the State party (CAT/C/MAR/Q/4/Add.1) to the list of
issues (CAT/C/MAR/Q/4) and the supplementary information provided orally by the
Moroccan delegation during the consideration of the report, although it regrets the delay of
over two years in its submission. The Committee welcomes the constructive dialogue held
with the delegation of experts sent by the State party and thanks it for its detailed responses
to the questions raised, as well as the additional written replies which have been supplied.
B.
Positive aspects
(3)
The Committee takes note with satisfaction of the action taken by the State party
during the period under consideration regarding the following international human rights
instruments:
(a)
The ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance, in April 2009;
(b)
The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
and its Optional Protocol, in April 2009;
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