A/66/44 A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the third periodic report of Slovenia, which was submitted in accordance with its reporting guidelines, but regrets that it was submitted three years late. (3) The Committee notes with appreciation that a high-level delegation from the State party met with the Committee, and also notes with appreciation the opportunity to engage in a constructive dialogue covering many areas under the Convention. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee welcomes that since the consideration of the second periodic report, the State party has ratified the following international instruments: (a) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, on 23 January 2007; (b) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, on 24 April 2008; (c) Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, on 23 September 2004; (d) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on 23 September 2004; (e) Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, on 21 May 2004. (5) The Committee notes the State party’s ongoing efforts to revise its legislation in areas of relevance to the Convention, including: (a) Introduction of article 265 defining and criminalizing torture and the amendments increasing the maximum punishment for trafficking in human beings in the Penal Code, in 2008; (b) Amendments to the Police Act providing detainees with access to a doctor, in 2005; (c) Amendments in the Criminal Procedure Act and Prosecutor’s Act, in 2007, establishing Specialized Departments of the Group of State Prosecutors for prosecution of crimes committed by the police, military police or persons seconded to a military or similar mission abroad; (d) Adoption of the Patients’ Rights Act, in 2008, which regulates the complaint procedure in case of violations of rights of patients, including those in mental health institutions; (e) Adoption of the Mental Health Act, in 2008, which stipulates counselling and protection of rights in the area of mental health, including procedures for detention of people with mental health problems; (f) Adoption of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, in 2008; (g) Adoption of the Act amending the Act regulating the Legal Status of Citizens of Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia living in Slovenia, in 2010; (h) Adoption of the Act on the Protection of Right to Trial without Undue Delay, in 2006 and amendments thereto in 2009. 118 GE.11-45568