A/67/44 submit its reports under the optional reporting procedure, send the State party, in due course, a list of issues prior to the submission of the report. 59. Sri Lanka (1) The Committee considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Sri Lanka (CAT/C/LKA/3-4) at its 1030th and 1033rd meetings, held on 8 and 9 November 2011 (CAT/C/SR.1030 and 1033). At its 1050th, 1051st and 1052nd meetings, held on 22 to 23 November 2011 (CAT/C/SR.1050, 1051 and 1052), it adopted the following concluding observations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Sri Lanka, which generally follows the Committee’s guidelines for reporting. However, the Committee regrets that the report lacks statistical and practical information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and that it was submitted two years late. The Committee appreciates the dialogue with the delegation, the answers provided orally during the consideration of the report and the additional written submissions. B. Positive aspects (3) The Committee welcomes that, in the period since the consideration of the second periodic report, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, in September 2006; (b) United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, in September 2006. (4) The Committee notes the efforts undertaken by the State party to reform its legislation, including: (a) The adoption in 2005 of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act No. 34, which provides for protection orders to safeguard both children and women; (b) The adoption in 2006 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Act No. 16, which inter alia made it a penal offence to engage and recruit a child for use in armed conflict and in child labour, child trafficking and child pornography. (5) The Committee also welcomes the efforts made by the State party regarding ongoing policies and procedures, including: (a) The adoption of a National Plan of Action for Children (2010–2015); (b) The consultations with civil society organizations regarding the elements to be incorporated in the draft National Action Plan on Human Rights, which would include a focus area on the prevention of torture; (c) May 2010. C. The establishment of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission in Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Allegations of widespread use of torture and ill-treatment (6) Notwithstanding the new circumstances prevailing since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end of the military conflict that had consumed the country for nearly 30 years, and the State party’s public commitment to the Committee that it has a zero-tolerance policy on torture as a matter of State policy and practice, the 84 GE.12-44492