CAT/C/LTU/CO/3*
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
17 June 2014
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of
Lithuania**
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the third periodic report of Lithuania
(CAT/C/LTU/3) at its 1230th and 1233rd meetings, held on 12 and 13 May 2014 (see
CAT/C/SR.1230 and CAT/C/SR.1233), and adopted the following concluding observations
at its 1242nd and 1243rd meetings (see CAT/C/SR.1242 and CAT/C/SR.1243), held on 20
May 2014.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the
optional reporting procedure and for having submitted on time its third periodic report
(CAT/C/LTU/3) thereunder, 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 highlevel multisectoral delegation and of the responses provided orally to the questions and
concerns raised during the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee welcomes the fact that, since the consideration of the second
periodic report, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international
instruments:
(a)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional
Protocol, on 18 August 2010;
(b)
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings, on 7 July 2012;
* Reissued for technical reasons on 23 June 2014.
** Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-second session (28 April–23 May 2014).
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