CAT/C/POL/CO/5-6
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
23 December 2013
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth
periodic reports of Poland*
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the combined fifth and sixth periodic
reports of Poland (CAT/C/POL/5-6) at its 1174th and 1177th meetings, held on 30 and 31
October 2013 (CAT/C/SR.1174 and CAT/C/SR.1177), and adopted the following
concluding observations at its 1202nd meeting (CAT/C/SR.1202) held on 19 November
2013.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the
optional reporting procedure and for submitting its combined fifth and sixth periodic
reports in a timely manner by providing replies to the list of issues (CAT/C/POL/Q/5-6),
which focuses the examination of the report as well as the dialogue with the delegation.
3.
The Committee appreciates the open and constructive dialogue with the high-level
delegation of the State party and the detailed supplementary information provided.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification or accession, since the
consideration of the fourth periodic report, to the following international instruments:
(a)
2012; and
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 25 September
(b)
The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings, on 1 March 2009.
5.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to revise its legislation in areas of
relevance to the Convention, including:
(a)
Amendments to the Penal Code in September 2013 extending from one to
three years the maximum period within which compensation claims can be brought for
moral and financial losses suffered during pretrial detention;
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-first session (28 October–22 November 2013).
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