A/66/44 of 80 pages for the updated common core document. The treaty-specific document and the common core document together constitute the reporting obligation of the State party under the Convention. (44) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be the second periodic report, by 19 November 2014. 52. Mongolia (1) The Committee considered the initial report of Mongolia (CAT/C/MNG/1) at its 963rd and 964th meetings (CAT/C/SR.963 and 964), held on 5 and 8 November 2010, and adopted at its 976th meeting (CAT/C/SR./976) the following concluding observations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the initial report of Mongolia, which, while generally following the Committee’s guidelines for reporting, lacks statistical and practical information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention. The Committee regrets that the report was submitted six years late, which has prevented the Committee from monitoring the implementation of the Convention in the State party since it ratified the treaty. It also regrets that no civil society organizations participated in the preparation of the report. (3) The Committee welcomes the frank and constructive dialogue with the delegation of the State party and the extensive oral responses to the questions posed by the Committee members, which provided the Committee with important additional information. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee welcomes that since the accession to the Convention by the State party on 24 January 2002 it has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in March 2002; (b) Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in April 2002; (c) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, in June 2003; (d) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, in October 2004; (e) United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols, in May 2008; (f) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in May 2009; (g) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in May 2009; (h) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in July 2010. (5) The Committee notes the ongoing efforts of the State party to reform its legislation in order to ensure better protection of human rights, in particular: 54 (a) The adoption of the Criminal Code in 2002; (b) The adoption of the Law on Combating Domestic Violence in 2005; (c) The amendment of the Court Decision Enforcement Law on 3 August 2007; GE.11-45568

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