A/67/44 (i) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (3 September 2008); (j) International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (23 September 2008); (k) International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (3 August 2010). (5) The Committee is pleased to note that the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment visited the State party in March 2009 and made a follow-up visit in September 2010, and that the State party has authorized the publication of the Subcommittee’s reports and submitted its written replies thereto. (6) The Committee congratulates the State party on the declaration it made on 29 May 2002 recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive communications under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention against Torture. (7) The Committee notes with satisfaction that in 2003 the State party extended a standing invitation to visit the country to all Human Rights Council special procedure mandate holders. Since the consideration of its last periodic report, the State party has hosted visits from four of the Council’s rapporteurs, including the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture. (8) The Committee takes note of the State party’s initiatives to review its legislation with a view to complying with the Committee’s recommendations and improving implementation of the Convention. These initiatives include the following: (a) The adoption on 20 April 2011 of Act No. 4288, establishing the national mechanism for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; (b) The adoption on 12 October 2011 of Organization Act No. 4423 on the Ministry of Defence, which gives the latter operational and financial independence; (c) The adoption on 11 August 2011 of Act No. 4381, making the right of victims of human rights violations during the 1954–1959 dictatorship to claim compensation imprescriptible, and Act No. 3603 of 2008, authorizing their children to claim that compensation; (d) The establishment, by Decree No. 2225 of 2003, of the Truth and Justice Commission to investigate human rights violations committed by agents of the State or parastatal bodies between 1954 and 2003, and its operationalization in August 2004; (e) Decision No. 195 of 5 May 2008 of the Constitutional Division of the Supreme Court, ruling that criminal proceedings and sentences for crimes of torture are imprescriptible. (9) The Committee also welcomes the efforts made by the State party to modify its policies and procedures so as to enhance human rights protection and implement the Convention, especially: (a) The establishment, by Decree No. 4674 of 9 July 2010, of the National Commission for Prison Reform, as a forum for technical discussion and help in formulating a plan to redefine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and to review prison management; GE.12-44492 75