CAT/C/TJK/CO/3 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 18 June 2018 Original: English Committee against Torture Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Tajikistan* 1. The Committee against Torture considered the third periodic report of Tajikistan (CAT/C/TJK/3) at its 1633rd and 1636th meetings, held on 4 and 7 May 2018 (see CAT/C/SR.1633 and CAT/C/SR.1636), and adopted the present concluding observations at its 1645th and 1646th meetings, held on 14 May 2018. A. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the dialogue with the State party’s delegation and the oral replies and written information provided in response to the concerns raised by the Committee. B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee welcomes the accession to or ratification of the following international instruments by the State party: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on 22 July 2014; (b) The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, on 3 November 2015. 4. The Committee welcomes the State party’s initiatives to revise its legislation in areas of relevance to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, including its adoption of: (a) The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, in 2013; (b) The Act on Combating Trafficking in Persons and the Provision of Services for Human Trafficking Victims, in 2014; (c) The revised Law on Refugees, on 26 July 2014; (d) Amendments to article 479 of the Code of Criminal Procedure prohibiting the extradition of a person if there is evidence that he or she may be tortured, on 27 November 2014; (e) The Children’s Rights Act, on 18 March 2015; (f) The new Constitutional Law on Nationality, on 8 August 2015; * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-third session (23 April–18 May 2018). GE.18-09841(E) 

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