CAT/C/BIH/CO/2-5 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 20 January 2011 Original: English Committee against Torture Forty-fifth session 1-19 November 2010 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture Bosnia and Herzegovina 1. The Committee against Torture considered the combined second to fifth periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CAT/C/BIH/2-5) at its 961st and 962nd meetings, held on 4 and 5 November 2010 (CAT/C/SR.961 and 962), and adopted the following concluding observations at its 978th meeting (CAT/C/SR.978). A. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the submission of the combined second to fifth periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Committee also welcomes that the report was submitted in accordance with the new optional reporting procedure of the Committee consisting of replies by the State party to a list of issues prepared and transmitted by the Committee. The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for its agreement to report under this new procedure, which facilitates the cooperation between the State party and the Committee. 3. The Committee notes with appreciation that a high-level delegation from the State party met with the Committee during its forty-fifth session, and also notes with appreciation the opportunity to engage in a constructive dialogue covering many areas under the Convention. 4. The Committee notes that the State party consists of two entities, but recalls that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a single State under international law and has the obligation to implement the Convention in full at the domestic level. B. Positive aspects 5. The Committee welcomes that since the consideration of the initial periodic report, the State party has ratified the following international and regional instruments: GE.11-40385

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