CAT/C/MOZ/CO/1
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
10 December 2013
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the initial report
of Mozambique*
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the initial report of Mozambique
(CAT/C/MOZ/1) at its 1171st and 1173rd meetings, held on 28 and 29 October 2013
(CAT/C/SR.1171 and 1173), and adopted the following concluding observations at its
1197th meeting, held on 14 November 2013 (CAT/C/SR.1197).
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the initial report of Mozambique (CAT/C/MOZ/1).
However, the Committee regrets that the report does not fully conform to the Committee’s
guidelines on the form and content of initial reports (CAT/C/4/Rev.3), and that it was
submitted with a 12-year delay, which prevented the Committee from conducting an
analysis of the implementation of the Convention in the State party following its accession
in 1999.
3.
The Committee is grateful to the State party for the constructive and frank dialogue
held with its high-level delegation and the additional information that was provided during
the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of the following international
instruments:
(a)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, on 4 November 2008;
(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, on 6 March 2003 and 19 October 2004, respectively;
(c)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional
Protocol thereto, on 30 January 2012; and
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-first session (28 October–22 November 2013).
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