A/66/44 (28) The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 12, 14, 15, 18 and 22 of the present document. (29) The Committee invites the State party to present its next periodic report in accordance with its reporting guidelines and to observe the page limit of 40 pages for the treaty-specific document. The Committee also invites the State party to submit a core document in accordance with the requirements of the common core document contained in the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties (HRI/GEN.2/Rev.6), approved by the Inter-Committee Meeting of human rights treaty bodies, and to observe the page limit of 80 pages for such core documents. The treatyspecific document and the common core document together constitute the reporting obligation of the State party under the Convention. (30) The State party is invited to submit its seventh periodic report by 19 November 2014 at the latest. 51. Ethiopia (1) The Committee against Torture considered the initial report of Ethiopia (CAT/C/ETH/1) at its 957th and 958th meetings (CAT/C/SR.957 and 958), held on 2 and 3 November 2010, and adopted, at its 974th and 975th meetings (CAT/C/SR.974 and 975), the following concluding observations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the initial report of Ethiopia which generally follows the Committee’s guidelines for reporting. However, the Committee regrets that the report lacks statistical and practical information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and that it was submitted 14 years late, which prevented the Committee from conducting an analysis of the implementation of the Convention in the State party following its ratification in 1994. (3) The Committee notes with appreciation that a high-level delegation from the State party met with the Committee during its forty-fifth 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 efforts and progress made by the State party since the downfall of the military regime in 1991, including a process of legislative reform designed to combat torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (5) The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the entry into force of the Convention for the State party in 1994, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international and regional instruments: (a) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2010; (b) The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in 1998. (6) The Committee notes the efforts undertaken by the State party to reform its legislation to ensure better protection of human rights, including the right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular: (a) The adoption in 1994 of a Federal Constitution which prohibits all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, provides for GE.11-45568 41