CAT/C/DNK/CO/6-7
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
4 February 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh
periodic reports of Denmark*
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic
reports of Denmark (CAT/C/DNK/6-7) at its 1366th and 1369th meetings (see
CAT/C/SR.1366 and CAT/C/SR.1369), held on 16 and 17 November 2015, and adopted
the present concluding observations at its 1386th meeting, held on 30 November 2015.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the
simplified reporting procedure and submitting its combined sixth and seventh periodic
reports under it, as it improves the cooperation between the State party and the Committee,
and focuses the examination of the report as well as the dialogue with the delegation.
3.
The Committee appreciates the quality of its dialogue with the State party’s large
high-level multisectoral delegation, and the responses provided orally to the questions and
concerns raised during the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee appreciates the State party’s continued leading role in the promotion
of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment — including through its sponsorship of the General Assembly omnibus
resolution on torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment — and its
support to the Convention against Torture Initiative.
5.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s accession to and ratification of the
following international and regional instruments:
(a)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional
Protocol, on 24 July 2009 and 23 September 2014, respectively;
(b)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a
communications procedure, on 7 October 2015;
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-sixth session (9 November-9 December 2015).
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