A/65/44 Cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms (38) The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms, including by permitting visits of, inter alia, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. (39) The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (40) The State party should consider withdrawing its reservation to article 20 of the Convention. (41) The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations envisaged under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention. (42) The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. (43) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights treaty to which it is not yet a party, namely, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. (44) The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance with the new requirements of the common core document in the harmonized guidelines on reporting, as approved by the international human rights treaty bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6). (45) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. (46) The Committee requests the State party to provide, within a year, information on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 15, 24, 25 and 35. (47) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be the second report, by 14 May 2014. 64. Yemen (1) The Committee against Torture considered the second periodic report of Yemen (CAT/C/YEM/2) at its 898th meeting (CAT/C/SR.898), held on 3 November 2009, and adopted, at its 917th meeting (CAT/C/SR.917), provisional concluding observations (CAT/C/YEM/CO/2). The Committee met with a delegation from the State party at its 943rd meeting (CAT/C/SR.943), on 6 May 2010. Pursuant to rule 66, paragraph 2 (b), of its rules of procedure, the Committee reviewed the provisional concluding observations in the light of the replies to the list of issues provided by the State party (CAT/C/YEM/Q/2/Add.1), and adopted, at its 952nd meeting (CAT/C/SR.952), its final concluding observations as set out below. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the second periodic report of Yemen, 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 the delay in the submission of the report and the written responses to its list of issues (CAT/C/YEM/Q/2) and that the GE.10-44721 139