UNITED NATIONS CAT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr. GENERAL CAT/C/NIC/CO/1 10 June 2009 ENGLISH Original: SPANISH COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Forty-second session Geneva, 27 April-15 May 2009 CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture NICARAGUA 1. The Committee considered the initial report of Nicaragua (CAT/C/NIC/1) at its 872nd and 874th meetings (see CAT/C/SR.872 and 874), held on 30 April and 1 May 2009, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 890th and 891st meetings, held on 13 May 2009 (CAT/C/SR.890 and 891). A. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the initial report of Nicaragua but regrets the delay in its submission. The Committee appreciates the constructive and fruitful dialogue that it held with a capable delegation from the State party and is grateful for its frank and detailed replies to the Committee’s questions. The Committee also thanks the State party for the additional information sent by the delegation. B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on 26 August 2008, which confirmed its will to combat and eradicate these practices. 4. The Committee welcomes the ratification by the State party of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in 2005 and its ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in December 2007. GE.09-42889 (E) 310709 040809

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