CAT/C/ESP/CO/6
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General*
29 May 2015
English
Original: Spanish
English, French and Spanish only
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of
Spain**
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the sixth periodic report of Spain
(CAT/C/ESP/6) at its 1302nd and 1305th meetings, held on 28 and 29 April 2015
(CAT/C/SR.1302 and 1305), and adopted the following concluding observations at its
1328th meeting, held on 15 May 2015.
Introduction
2.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for accepting the
optional reporting procedure, as this allows for a more focused dialogue between the State
party and the Committee.
3.
The Committee welcomes the interactive dialogue held with the State party’s highlevel multisectoral delegation, as well as the additional information and explanations
provided by the delegation to the Committee.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has ratified or acceded to
the following international instruments:
(a)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a
communications procedure, on 3 June 2013;
(b)
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, on 23 September 2010;
(c)
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against
women and domestic violence, on 1 August 2014;
(d)
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings, on 10 September 2010.
5.
The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party has taken the following
legislative measures in areas related to the Convention:
(a)
Act No. 4/2015 of 27 April on the Legal Status of Victims of Crime;
* Reissued for technical reasons on 24 August 2015.
** Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fourth session (20 April–15 May 2015).
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