The State party should take such measures as may be necessary to ensure that the competent
authorities, as well as the Committee, are fully apprised of these details when assessing the State
party’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention. The Committee requests the State party
to present detailed, disaggregated statistical data in its next periodic report on its follow-up to the
recommendations set forth in paragraphs 10, 11, 14, 22 and 24 of these concluding observations.
(27) The Committee calls upon the State party to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
(28) The Committee requests the State party to include detailed information in its next periodic report on the steps
it has taken to comply with the recommendations contained in these concluding observations. The Committee urges
the State party to take all appropriate steps to implement these recommendations, including their conveyance to the
members of the Government and Parliament so that they may be considered and the necessary measures taken. The
State party is also requested to give extensive coverage in the national languages of Peru to the reports submitted by
Nicaragua to the Committee, as well as to the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations, on official websites,
in the official media and among NGOs. The State party is also urged to distribute such reports among national
human rights NGOs before submitting them to the Committee.
(29) The Committee requests the State party to submit its common core document in accordance with the
compilation of guidelines on the form and content of reports to be submitted by States parties to the international
human rights treaties (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5).
(30) The Committee requests the State party to provide information, within one year, on the measures taken in
pursuance of the Committee’s recommendations as set forth in paragraphs 10, 11, 14, 15 and 17 above.
(31) The Committee decided to request the State party to submit its second periodic report not later
than 15 May 2013.
52.
Philippines
(1)
The Committee considered the second periodic report of the Philippines (CAT/C/PHL/2) at its 868th
and 871st meetings (CAT/C/SR.868 and 871), held on 28 and 29 April 2009, and adopted, at its 887th and
888th meetings (CAT/C/SR.887 and 888), the following concluding observations.
A. Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the submission of the second periodic report of the Philippines, which, while
generally following the Committee’s guidelines for reporting, lacks statistical information and practical information
on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and relevant domestic legislation. The Committee regrets
that the report was submitted 16 years late.
(3)
The Committee expresses its appreciation for the extensive written responses to its list of issues
(CAT/C/PHL/Q/2/Add.1), which provided important additional information. The Committee also appreciates the
comprehensive and fruitful dialogue conducted with the high-level delegation and the additional oral information
provided by representatives of the State party during the consideration of the report.
B. Positive aspects
(4)
The Committee welcomes that in the period since the consideration of the latest periodic report, the State
party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments:
(a)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2008;
(b)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, in 2003;
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