CAT/C/UKR/CO/6
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
12 December 2014
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of
Ukraine*
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the sixth periodic report of Ukraine
(CAT/C/UKR/6) at its 1254th and 1257th meetings, held on 5 and 6 November 2014
(CAT/C/SR.1254 and CAT/C/SR.1257), and adopted the following concluding
observations at its 1272nd and 1274th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1272 and CAT/C/SR.1274)
held on 18 and 19 November 2014.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for having submitted its
sixth periodic report in accordance with the optional reporting procedure, as this improves
the dialogue between the State party and the Committee and helps the State party to prepare
a more focused report.
3.
The Committee appreciates the quality of its dialogue with the delegation of the
State party and the responses provided orally to the questions and concerns raised during
the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee welcomes the accession of the State party to, and its ratification of,
the following international and regional instruments:
(a)
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, in 2007;
(b)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2010;
(c)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, in 2010;
(d)
1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, in 2013;
(e)
1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, on 25 March 2013;
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-third session (3–28 November 2014).
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