A/65/44 (28) The Committee requests the State party to report, within one year, on its follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations in paragraphs 8, 11, 16 and 23 of the present document. (29) The Committee invites the State party to submit its seventh periodic report not later than 14 May 2014. 63. Syrian Arab Republic (1) The Committee against Torture considered the initial report of Syrian Arab Republic (CAT/C/SYR/1) at its 937th and 939th meetings (CAT/C/SR.937 and 939), held on 3 and 4 May 2010, and adopted, at its 951st meeting (CAT/C/SR.951), the following concluding observations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the initial report of the Syrian Arab Republic, which, while generally following the Committee’s guidelines for reporting, lacks statistical and practical information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and relevant domestic legislation. However, the Committee regrets that the report was submitted five years late, which prevented the Committee from conducting an analysis of the implementation of the Convention in the State party following its ratification in 2004. (3) The Committee notes with appreciation that a high-level delegation from the State party met with the Committee during its forty-fourth session, and also notes with appreciation the opportunity to engage in a constructive dialogue covering areas of mutual concern under the Convention. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on 21 April 1969; (b) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on 21 April 1969; (c) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, on 21 April 1969; (d) Convention on the Rights of the Child, on 15 July 1993, as well as the two Optional Protocols thereto, namely, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, on 25 May 2000; (e) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on 28 March 2003; (f) International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, on 2 June 2005; (g) C. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 10 July 2009. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Definition of torture (5) While noting that article 28 in the Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic prohibits torture, the Committee notes with concern the absence of a definition of torture in GE.10-44721 127