B.
Positive aspects
3.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s accession to and ratification of the
following international instruments:
(a)
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, on 7 March 1978;
(b)
Convention on the Rights of the Child, on 7 September 1990;
(c)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the First Optional
Protocol thereto, on 5 May 1992;
(d)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on 5 May
1992;
(e)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, on 5 May 1992;
(f)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, on 15 December 1994;
(g)
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, on 15 December 1994;
(h)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 2 October 2009;
(i)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict, on 10 August 2010;
(j)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, on 1 March 2011;
(k)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography, on 11 December 2012;
(l)
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, on 18 January 2017;
(m) 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol relating
to the Status of Refugees, on 23 April 1980;
(n)
(o)
April 2003;
Four Geneva Conventions and Protocols I and II thereto, on 8 November 1984;
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, on 22
(p)
The Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air,
supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, on
22 June 2004;
(q)
The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime, on 22 June 2004.
4.
The Committee also welcomes the State party’s initiatives to revise its legislation in
areas of relevance to the Convention, including the adoption of:
(a)
The Constitution, in 1993, which includes an article on the right to dignity and
the prohibition of torture;
(b)
The Family Violence (Protection of Victims) Act, in 2000;
(c)
The Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons Act, in 2014;
(d)
Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act, in 2014.
5.
The Committee also welcomes the initiatives of the State party to amend its policies,
programmes and administrative measures to give effect to the Convention, including the:
(a)
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National Plan of Action on Gender-Based Violence 2010-2012;