United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
CAT/C/SRB/CO/2
Distr.: General
3 June 2015
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of
Serbia*
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the second periodic report of Serbia
(CAT/C/SRB/2) at its 1304th and 1307th meetings, held on 29 and 30 April 2015 (see
CAT/C/SR.1304 and 1307), and adopted the following concluding observations at its
1322nd and 1323rd meetings, held on 12 May 2015.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the
optional reporting procedure, as it improves the cooperation between the State party and the
Committee.
3.
The Committee also appreciates the high level delegation of the State party, and the
additional oral and written information provided by the representatives of the State party to
questions raised and concerns expressed during the consideration of the report.
4.
The Committee recalls its previous concluding observations (see CAT/C/SRB/CO/1,
para. 22) and notes that the State party continues to declare that it is unable to monitor the
application of the Convention in Kosovo owing to the fact that, pursuant to Security
Council resolution 1244 (1999), civil authority there is exercised by the United Nations
Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The Committee considers that the
Convention applies in Kosovo and therefore encourages UNMIK to provide the Committee,
in cooperation with the institutions of Kosovo and without prejudice to the final legal status
of Kosovo, with a report on the human rights situation there since June 1999.
B.
Positive aspects
5.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party ratified the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol on 31 July 2009.
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fourth session (20 April–15 May 2015).
GE.15-11260 (E)