CAT/C/SEN/CO/3
(c)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (May 2000);
(d)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict (March 2004) and the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography (November 2003);
(e)
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and
the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air,
supplementing that Convention (October 2003);
(f)
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance (December 2008);
(g)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (September 2010).
5.
The Committee takes note with satisfaction of the State party’s cooperation with the
special procedures of the Human Rights Council during several visits by mandate holders
during the reporting period, particularly the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
6.
The Committee congratulates the State party on the abolition of the death penalty
under the law of 10 December 2004, and takes note of the legislation adopted in relation to
the prohibition of torture, including:
(a)
Act No. 2009-13 of 2 March 2009 establishing the National Observatory of
Places of Detention as the national preventive mechanism provided for in the Optional
Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment;
(b)
Act No. 2005-06 of 10 April 2005 on combating human trafficking and
related practices;
(c)
Act No. 2000-38 and Act No. 2000-39 of 29 December 2000 establishing the
post of a judge to supervise detention conditions, as well as Decree No. 2001-362 of 4 May
2001 on procedures for the execution and remission of criminal sanctions.
7.
The Committee also welcomes:
(a)
The adoption in 2009 of the national action plan (2008–2013) to combat
human trafficking, especially trafficking in women and children, and the establishment in
2010 of a national anti-trafficking unit that brings together governmental and nongovernmental institutions;
(b)
The promotion of community justice, with a view to expanding and spreading
across the country a network of legal advice centres offering mediation, information and
legal counselling services;
(c)
The second national action plan to hasten the end of the practice of excision
(2010–2015), approved and launched in February 2010;
(d)
The establishment of institutions like the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights and the Promotion of Peace (in 2004) and the Office of the Ombudsman,
pursuant to Act No. 91-14 of 11 February 1991 and Act No. 99-04 of 29 January 1999.
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