CAT/C/SRB/CO/2
Follow-up procedure
23.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 15 May 2016, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations on taking steps to ensure in
practice that detained persons undergo an independent medical examination from the outset
of the deprivation of liberty (see para. 9 (a) above) and publicly condemning and
investigating threats to and attacks on human rights defenders, journalists, lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and members of the Roma community (see
para. 19 above).
Other issues
24.
The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights
treaty to which it is not yet party, namely, the International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
25.
The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
26.
The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be its third periodic
report, by 15 May 2019. For that purpose, the Committee will, in due course, transmit to the
State party a list of issues prior to reporting, considering that the State party has accepted to
report to the Committee under the optional reporting procedure.
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