A/67/44 November 2012, to submit that report under the optional procedure which involves the transmission, by the Committee to the State party, of a list of issues prior to the submission of its periodic report. The reply of the State party to that prior list of issues would constitute its next periodic report under article 19 of the Convention. 58. Paraguay (1) The Committee against Torture considered the combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of Paraguay (CERD/C/PRY/4-6) at its 1026th and 1029th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1026 and SR.1029), held on 3 and 4 November 2011. At its 1048th meeting (CAT/C/SR.1048), held on 21 November 2011, the Committee adopted the following concluding observations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission by Paraguay of its combined fourth to sixth periodic reports in response to the list of issues prior to the submission of reports (CAT/C/PRY/Q/4-6). The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for agreeing to follow this new procedure for the submission of periodic reports, which facilitates cooperation between the State party and the Committee and helps focus the consideration of the report as well as the dialogue with the delegation. (3) The Committee also appreciates the frank and open dialogue it had with the delegation of the State party and the supplementary information supplied during its consideration of the report, although it regrets that some of its questions to the State party were not answered. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments since the consideration of its third periodic report: (a) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (14 May 2001); (b) Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (14 May 2001); (c) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (3 October 2001); (d) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (27 September 2002) and Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (18 August 2003); (e) Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (18 August 2003). The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has abolished the death penalty and recommends that the State party expressly eliminate the death penalty from the military justice system; (f) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (18 August 2003); (g) United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the Convention (22 September 2004); (h) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2 December 2005); 74 GE.12-44492