CAT/C/GIN/CO/1
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
20 June 2014
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on Guinea in the absence of its
initial report∗
1.
In the absence of the initial report of Guinea, the Committee considered the
measures taken by the State party to protect and implement the rights recognized in the
Convention, in accordance with rule 67 of its rules of procedure, at its 1222nd and 1225th
meetings (CAT/C/SR.1222 and SR.1225), held on 6 and 7 May 2014. The Committee
adopted the following concluding observations at its 1243rd meeting (CAT/C/SR.1243),
held on 20 May 2014.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee regrets that the initial report of the State party was not submitted in
1990, which has prevented the Committee from assessing the implementation of the
provisions of the Convention by the State party since its ratification of that instrument
nearly 25 years ago. The Committee likewise regrets that the State party did not submit its
initial report until the evening before its delegation appeared before the Committee, which
did not allow the Committee to study it in time for the first day of the dialogue or to have it
translated into the Committee’s working languages. Nevertheless, the Committee welcomes
with satisfaction the appearance of the high-level delegation and the submission of the
initial report of Guinea (CAT/C/GIN/1), even though the report does not conform to the
Committee’s guidelines on the form and content of initial reports (CAT/C/4/Rev.3).
3.
The Committee welcomes the very frank and direct dialogue that was held with the
State party’s high-level delegation, which presented the situation in the State party and the
numerous problems there, as well as the replies made orally by the delegation to the
questions raised during the meetings by Committee members.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that since the ratification of the Convention
on 10 October 1989, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international
instruments:
∗ Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-second session (28 April–23 May 2014).
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