A/66/44 (3) The Committee notes with appreciation that a high-level delegation from the State party met with the Committee during its forty-sixth session, 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 the fact that the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (on 29 September 1994); (b) Convention on the Rights of the Child (on 20 September 1993) and its two Optional Protocols (on 29 April and 28 March 2005); (c) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (on 1 May 1997) and its two Optional Protocols (on 1 May 1997 and 11 January 2000); (d) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (on 1 May 1997) and its Optional Protocol (on 20 May 2009); (e) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (on 1 May 1997); (f) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (on 4 September 2008) and its Optional Protocol (on 10 November 2010). (5) The Committee notes the ongoing efforts by the State party to reform its legislation, policies and procedures in areas of relevance to the Convention, including: (a) Adoption of the new Constitution, on 26 September 2008; (b) Adoption of the new Criminal Enforcement Code, on 26 March 2011; (c) Adoption of the new Criminal Code, on 10 May 2010; (d) Adoption of the new Code of Criminal Procedure, on 18 April 2009; (e) Adoption of the Courts of Law Act, on 15 August 2009; (f) Adoption of the Law on Combating Trafficking in Persons, on 14 December 2007; (g) Establishment of the State Commission to Review Citizens’ Complaints on the Activities of Law Enforcement Agencies, through Presidential Decree, on 19 February 2007; (h) Abolition of the death penalty, through Presidential Decree, on 28 December 1999. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Torture and ill-treatment (6) The Committee is deeply concerned over the numerous and consistent allegations about the widespread practice of torture and ill-treatment of detainees in the State party. According to reliable information presented to the Committee, persons deprived of their liberty are tortured, ill-treated and threatened by public officers, especially at the moment of apprehension and during pretrial detention, to extract confessions and as an additional punishment after the confession. This information confirms the concerns expressed by a number of international bodies, inter alia, those expressed in the report of the SecretaryGeneral (A/61/489, paras. 38–40) and in the decisions of the European Court of Human GE.11-45568 125