CAT/C/TKM/CO/1 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 15 June 2011 Original: English Committee against Torture Forty-sixth session 9 May - 3 June 2011 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture Turkmenistan 1. The Committee against Torture considered the initial report of Turkmenistan (CAT/C/TKM/1) at its 994th and 997th meetings, held on 17 and 18 May 2011 (CAT/C/SR.994 and 997), and adopted, at its 1015th meeting (CAT/C/SR.1015), the following concluding observations. A. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the submission of the initial report of Turkmenistan, which generally follows the Committee’s guidelines for reporting. However, the Committee regrets that the report lacks statistical and practical information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and that it was submitted 10 years late, which prevented the Committee from conducting an analysis of the implementation of the Convention in the State party following its ratification in 1999. 3. The Committee notes with appreciation that a high-level delegation from the State party met with the Committee during its forty-sixth session, and also notes with appreciation the opportunity to engage in a constructive dialogue covering many areas under the Convention. B. Positive aspects 4. The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (on 29 September 1994); (b) Convention on the Rights of the Child (on 20 September 1993) and its two Optional Protocols (on 29 April and 28 March 2005); GE.11-43584

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