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and other relevant measures, including international cooperation against terrorism.
Notwithstanding this information, the Committee notes with concern that all rights in the
Convention are not always respected in all circumstances.
The Committee urges the State party to ensure that any measure to combat
terrorism is in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1566
(2004), which require that anti-terrorist measures be carried out with full respect
for, inter alia, international human rights law, including the Convention and the
absolute principle of non-refoulement.
38.
The Committee encourages the State party to implement the recommendations contained
in the report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture on his visit in NovemberDecember 2005 (A/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6) and to invite him back. The Committee also encourages
the State party to invite other Special Rapporteurs.
39.
The Committee also encourages the State party to consider making the declaration under
articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
40.
The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party consider withdrawing
its reservations and declarations to the Convention (A/55/44, para. 124).
41.
The State party should consider ratifying the major United Nations human rights treaties
to which it is not yet a party, namely the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
its two protocols, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, and the International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The State party should also consider ratifying the Statute
of the International Criminal Court.
42.
The State party should widely disseminate its report, its replies to the list of issues, the
summary records of the meetings and the concluding observations of the Committee, in
appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
43.
The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance with the
requirements of the Common Core Document in the Harmonized Guidelines on Reporting, as
approved by the international human rights treaty bodies and contained in document
HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5.
44.
The Committee requests that the State party provide, within one year, information on its
response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 11, 15, 17 and 23 above.
45.
The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be considered as
its fifth periodic report, by 21 November 2012.
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