CAT/C/BFA/CO/1
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
2 January 2014
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the initial report of Burkina
Faso*
1.
The Committee considered the initial report of Burkina Faso (CAT/C/BFA/1) at its
1184th and 1187th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1184 and 1187), held on 6 and 7 November 2013,
and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1202nd and 1203rd meetings
(CAT/C/SR.1202 and 1203), held on 19 November 2013.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the initial report of Burkina Faso, which is in conformity
with the Committee’s guidelines on reporting. It regrets, however, that the State party
submitted the report 12 years late, which prevented the Committee from assessing
implementation of the Convention by the State party.
3.
The Committee welcomes the frank dialogue that it held with the high-level
delegation of the State party and the replies given orally to the Committee members'
questions during the consideration of the report.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee notes with appreciation that, since the Convention’s entry into force
in February 1999, the State party has ratified or acceded to the international instruments
listed below:
(a)
The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, 26 November 2003;
(b)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, 10 October 2005;
(c)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 31
March 2006 and 6 July 2007, respectively;
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-first session (28 October–22 November 2013).
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