CAT/C/ZAF/CO/2 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 7 June 2019 Original: English Committee against Torture Concluding observations on the second periodic report of South Africa* 1. The Committee against Torture considered the second periodic report of South Africa (CAT/C/ZAF/2) at its 1730th and 1733rd meetings, held on 30 April and 1 May 2019 (see CAT/C/SR.1730 and 1733), and adopted the following concluding observations at its 1750th meeting held on 14 May 2019. A. Introduction 2. The Committee regrets that the submission of the State party’s second periodic report was eight years late and that the Committee did not receive any follow-up reply to its previous concluding observations (CAT/C/ZAF/CO/1). It welcomes, however, the receipt of the State party’s second periodic report, in 2017, and the replies (CAT/C/ZAF/Q/2/Add.2), in April 2019, to the list of issues (CAT/C/ZAF/Q/2/Add.1) sent by the Committee in January 2019. The Committee welcomes the dialogue conducted with the State party’s delegation and the oral and written replies provided to the concerns raised by the Committee. It also welcomes the State party’s acceptance of the simplified reporting procedure announced by the delegation at the end of the dialogue. B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee welcomes the accession to or ratification of the following international instruments by the State party: (a) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, on 18 October 2005; (b) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, on 30 November 2007; (c) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, on 30 June 2003; (d) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, on 24 September 2009; (e) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on 12 January 2015. 4. The Committee welcomes the State party’s initiatives to revise its legislation in areas of relevance to the Convention, including the adoption of: * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-sixth session (23 April–17 May 2019). GE.19-09213(E) 

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