A/68/44 B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party has acceded to or ratified the following international instruments: (a) The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (19 January 2011); (b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (22 September 2010); (c) The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (8 October 2010); (d) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (21 September 2010); (e) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (17 September 2007); (f) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (10 September 2007); (g) The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (10 December 2004); (h) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (5 November 2004); and (i) The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (20 September 2000). (5) The Committee takes note with appreciation of the State party’s efforts to revise its legislative framework by means of, inter alia: (a) The adoption of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 36/10 of 25 November 2010); (b) The adoption of Act No. 3/2010 of 2010, which abolished the death penalty; (c) The adoption of Act No. 0038/2008 of 29 January 2009, which is designed to combat and prevent the practice of female genital mutilation; and (d) The adoption of Ordinance No. 013/PR/2010 of 9 April 2010 on the status of the national police force, article 135 of which establishes two categories of culpable police action (disciplinary breaches and misconduct). (6) The Committee welcomes the creation of a national committee in January 2007 to prepare human rights reports for Gabon, as well as the signing of the Multilateral Cooperation Agreement to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in West and Central Africa and the adoption of a resolution on combating trafficking in children. The Committee also takes note with appreciation of the State party’s cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, who visited Gabon from 14 to 18 May 2012. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Definition of torture (7) The Committee is concerned by the fact that the references to torture made in article 1, paragraph 1, of the Constitution and in article 253 of the Criminal Code of Gabon do not set out a definition of torture, which should include acts involving the infliction of mental GE.13-46043 13