A/69/44 (3) The Committee also appreciates the high-level delegation of the State party and the additional oral and written information provided by the representatives of the State party to questions raised and concerns expressed during the consideration of the report. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee welcomes the ratification, inter alia, of international instruments, including: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; (b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict; (c) The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; (d) International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 182 (1999) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour; (e) ILO Convention No. 138 (1976) concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment; (f) The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. (5) The Committee also welcomes the entry into force, inter alia, of national legislation, including: (a) The law on guarantees of the rights of the child of 7 January 2008; (b) The law on fighting human trafficking of 17 April 2008; (c) The law on prevention of child neglect and juvenile delinquency of 29 September 2010; (d) The law on amendments and additions to the code of the Republic of Uzbekistan on administrative responsibility on the question of exemption from administrative liability for minor offences of 26 April 2011; (e) The law on pretrial detention during criminal proceedings of 29 September 2011. (6) The Committee also notes with interest the efforts of the State party to develop policies, programmes and administrative measures in response to the recommendations of the Committee against Torture, including adoption of a national plan of action following consideration of its third periodic report by the Committee in 2007. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Widespread torture and ill-treatment (7) The Committee is concerned about numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations that torture and ill-treatment are routinely used by law enforcement, investigative and prison officials, or at their instigation or with their consent, often to extract confessions or information to be used in criminal proceedings. While recognizing that the State party is not subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, the Committee notes that in 2011 the Court determined that “the use of torture and ill-treatment against detainees in Uzbekistan is ‘systematic’, ‘unpunished’ and ‘encouraged’ by law enforcement and GE.14-12596 81