A/65/44 (f) Statistics on violence against women and children and outcomes of prosecutions initiated. (35) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted by Cameroon and the concluding observations of the Committee in the appropriate languages and by all appropriate means, including through the media and NGOs. (36) The Committee invites the State party to update its core document of 19 June 2000 (HRI/CORE/1/Add.109) in accordance with the harmonized guidelines on reporting, approved recently by the international human rights treaty monitoring bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6). (37) The Committee urges the State party to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which it signed on 6 February 2007. (38) The Committee requests the State party to provide it, within one year, with information on the follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations in paragraphs 14, 18, 19 and 25 above. (39) The Committee requests the State party to submit its fifth periodic report by 14 May 2014 at the latest. 59. France (1) The Committee against Torture considered the consolidated fourth to sixth periodic reports of France (CAT/C/FRA/4-6) at its 928th and 931st meetings, held on 27 and 28 April 2010 (CAT/C/SR.928 and 931), and adopted the following concluding observations at its 946th meeting, held on 10 May 2010 (CAT/C/SR.946). A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the consolidated fourth to sixth periodic reports of France, which broadly comply with the guidelines on the form and content of periodic reports. (3) The Committee appreciated the quality of France’s well documented written replies to the list of issues (CAT/C/FRA/Q/4-6 and Add.1) and the additional information provided orally during the consideration of the report. The Committee also appreciated the constructive dialogue that took place with the delegation representing the State party and thanks it for its clear and straightforward answers to the questions raised by Committee members. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee takes note with satisfaction of: (a) The State party’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention and the related establishment, under the Act of 30 October 2007, of the post of InspectorGeneral (Contrôleur général) of places of deprivation of liberty, which constitutes a national preventive mechanism within the meaning of the Optional Protocol; (b) The State party’s accession, on 2 October 2007, to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; (c) The State party’s ratification, on 23 September 2008, of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; (d) The State party’s ratification, on 18 February 2010, of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. GE.10-44721 91

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