UNITED NATIONS CCPR International covenant on civil and political rights Distr. GENERAL CCPR/CO/78/SVK 22 August 2003 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Seventy-eighth session CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee Slovakia 1. The Committee examined the 2nd periodic report submitted by Slovakia (CCPR/C/SVK/2003/2) at its 2107th and 2108th meetings, held on 17 and 18 July 2003, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 2121st meeting, held on 28 July 2003. A. Introduction 2. The Committee has examined the detailed and comprehensive report of Slovakia. The Committee is grateful to the delegation of Slovakia for supplying it with a great deal of information about the implementation of the Covenant in Slovakia B. Positive Aspects 3. The Committee commends the State party for its commitment to following-up on the concluding observations of the Committee, in particular through the adoption by the Government of resolution No. 519/1998, tasking individual ministries to follow-up on recommendations of the Committee, and consistent references to the previous concluding observations, both in the 2nd periodic report as well as in the replies to the list of issues. 4. The Committee welcomes progress made in various areas, since the review of the first periodic report in 1997, and in particular the continuing process of bringing the State party’s GE.03-43744