United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
CAT/C/PER/CO/5-6
Distr.: General
21 January 2013
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth
periodic reports of Peru, adopted by the Committee at its
forty-ninth session (29 October - 23 November 2012)
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the combined fifth and sixth periodic
reports of Peru (CAT/C/PER/6) at its 1096th and 1099th meetings, held on 30 and 31
October 2012 (CAT/C/SR.1096 and 1099). At its 1121st, 1122nd and 1123rd meetings
(CAT/C/SR.1121 1122 and 1123), held on 15 and 16 November 2012, it adopted the
following concluding observations.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the
optional reporting procedure and for submitting its sixth periodic report by providing
detailed replies to the list of issues (CAT/C/PER/Q/6), 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 also appreciates the open and constructive dialogue with the highlevel delegation of the State party and the supplementary information supplied.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee welcomes that, since the consideration of the fourth periodic report,
the State party ratified or acceded to the following international instruments:
(a)
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, on 14 September 2006;
(b)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 30 January 2008;
(c)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, on 30 January 2008;
(d)
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, on 26 September 2012.
5.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to revise its legislation in areas of
relevance to the Convention, including:
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