A/66/44 Measures to combat terrorism (14) Although no cases of terrorism were recorded during the reporting period, the Committee reiterates the concerns expressed by the Human Rights Committee (see CCPR/C/MCO/CO/2) about the broad, ill-defined definition of terrorist acts contained in the Criminal Code, including the lack of clarity in the definition of “environmental” terrorism (arts. 2 and 16). The State party should adopt a more precise definition of terrorist acts while ensuring that all measures taken to combat terrorism comply with all its obligations under international law, including article 2 of the Convention. National human rights institution (15) While noting the work done by the Human Rights Unit and the Mediator, and the bill currently under consideration to strengthen the mandate of the latter, the Committee regrets the State party’s reluctance to establish a national human rights institution (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16). The Committee encourages the State party to establish an independent national human rights institution in accordance with the Principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles, in the annex to General Assembly resolution 48/134) and to provide that institution with the human and financial resources needed for it to effectively fulfil its role, including the investigation of allegations of torture. (16) The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the core human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, namely, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. (17) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports it has submitted to the Committee and the latter’s concluding observations through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. (18) The Committee invites the State party to submit its next periodic report, observing the 40-page limit. It further invites the State party to update, if necessary, its core document of 27 May 2008 (HRI/CORE/MCO/2008), in accordance with the instructions relating to the common core document contained in the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6), as approved by the InterCommittee Meeting of the human rights treaty bodies, and to observe the 80-page limit for the common core document. The treaty-specific document and the common core document together constitute the reporting obligation of the State party under the Convention. (19) The Committee requests the State party to provide it, within one year, with information on the follow-up to the recommendations formulated in paragraphs 9, 10 and 11 above. (20) The Committee requests the State party to submit its next (sixth) periodic report by 3 June 2015. 60. Slovenia (1) The Committee against Torture considered the third periodic report of Slovenia (CAT/C/SVN/3) at its 984th and 987th meetings, held on 10 and 11 May 2011 (CAT/C/SR.984 and 987), and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1006th meeting (CAT/C/SR.1006). GE.11-45568 117

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