A/67/44 harmonized guidelines (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6). on reporting under international human rights treaties (32) The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 1 June 2013, follow-up information in response to the Committee’s recommendations related to: (a) ensuring or strengthening fundamental legal safeguards for detainees; (b) conducting prompt, impartial and effective investigations; and (c) prosecuting suspects and sanctioning perpetrators of torture or ill-treatment, as contained in paragraph 10 (c), paragraph 16 (b), paragraph 19 and paragraph 21 of this document. In addition, the Committee requests follow-up information on remedies and redress provided to the victims addressed in these paragraphs. (33) The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the third periodic report, by 1 June 2016. To this end, the Committee invites the State party to agree, by 1 June 2013, to report under its optional reporting procedure, in which the Committee transmits a list of issues to the State party prior to submission of the periodic report. The State party’s response to this list of issues will constitute the next periodic report to be submitted under article 19 of the Convention. 64. Czech Republic (1) The Committee against Torture considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of the Czech Republic (CAT/C/CZE/4-5) at its 1068th and 1071st meetings, held on 14 and 15 May 2012 (CAT/C/SR.1068 and CAT/C/SR.1071), and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1087 meeting (CAT/C/SR.1087). A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the fourth and fifth periodic reports of the Czech Republic, submitted on time and in accordance with its reporting guidelines, and the detailed replies (CAT/C/CZE/Q/4-5/Add.1) to the list of issues (CAT/C/CZE/Q/4-5). The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the optional reporting procedure despite the fact that it did not report under it due to the advanced stage of the drafting of the report. (3) The Committee appreciated the open and constructive dialogue with the State party’s multi-sectoral delegation and thanks the delegation for its answers to the questions raised by the Committee members. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee welcomes that since the consideration of the third periodic report, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (20 July 2006); (b) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (26 January 2005); (c) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (28 September 2009); (d) Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (21 July 2009). (5) The Committee notes the State party’s ongoing extensive efforts to revise its legislation in areas of relevance to the Convention, including: (a) Amendment of the Ombudsman Act, granting the Ombudsman the power to act as the national preventive mechanism in compliance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention, which entered into force on 1 January 2006 (Act No. 381/2005); GE.12-44492 133