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5.
The Committee is pleased to note that, pursuant to article 222 of the 1996 Constitution, as
amended in 2005, the international instruments ratified by the State party, including the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
take precedence over domestic laws.
6.
The Committee takes note of the proposed revision of the Criminal Code, which would
incorporate provisions on the definition and criminalization of acts of torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
7.
The Committee welcomes the holding in 2003 of a justice summit, and notes with
satisfaction that the six main lines of action in the judicial reform programme adopted in 2005
include training for judicial personnel, the fight against corruption and impunity, and the
harmonization of legal and judicial provisions with human rights treaties, notably by revising the
Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
8.
The Committee also welcomes the promulgation in 2002 of Act No. 06/PR/2002 on the
promotion of reproductive health, which sets out the right not to be subjected to torture or to
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of a person’s body in general and their reproductive
organs in particular, and which prohibits, among other things, female genital mutilation, early
marriage, domestic violence and sexual violence.
9.
The Committee takes note with satisfaction of the introduction of education in human
rights and international humanitarian law in the syllabuses of the colleges of the national police,
the national gendarmerie and army officers, as well as the establishment of the Reference Centre
for International Humanitarian Law.
10. The Committee welcomes the signing by the State party in 2006 of the Multilateral
Agreement on Regional Cooperation and the regional Action Plan against Trafficking in Persons,
especially Women and Children.
11.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of the following:
(a)
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in November 2006;
(b) The optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed
conflict, in August 2002;
(c) The International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention concerning Minimum Age
for Admission to Employment (No. 138, of 1973), in March 2005;
(d) The ILO Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No. 182, of 1999), in November 2000.
12. The Committee welcomes the lifting of the immunity of the former Chadian Head of State,
Hissène Habré, and the State party’s clear determination to cooperate fully with the judicial
authorities responsible for investigating and conducting proceedings against Mr. Habré.