CAT/C/IRQ/CO/1
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
7 September 2015
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the initial report of Iraq*
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the initial report of Iraq (CAT/C/IRQ/1)
at its 1332nd and 1335th meetings, held on 29 and 30 July 2015 (see CAT/C/SR.1332 and
1335), and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1349th and 1350th
meetings, held on 11 and 12 August 2015.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the submission of the initial report of Iraq and the
information contained therein. It regrets, however, that the report does not follow generally
the Committee’s guidelines on the form and content of initial reports (CAT/C/4/Rev.3) and
that it lacks statistical and practical information on the implementation of the provisions of
the Convention.
3.
The Committee appreciates having had the opportunity to engage in a constructive
dialogue with the State party’s delegation and the responses provided to the questions and
concerns raised during the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that in the period since the entry into force of
the Convention for the State party in 2011, Iraq acceded to the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, on 20 March 2013.
5.
The Committee welcomes the following legislative measures taken by the State
party in areas of relevance to the Convention:
(a)
(b)
Region.
The adoption of Act No. 28 (2012) on combating trafficking in persons;
The adoption of Act No. 8 (2011) on domestic violence in the Kurdistan
6.
The Committee takes note of the State party’s initiatives to amend its policies and
procedures in order to afford greater protection of human rights and to apply the
Convention, in particular, the adoption in 2011 of a national action plan on human rights.
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session (27 July to 14 August 2015).
GE.15-15102(E)
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