WPC \gh,J~,u.ФX ߼ܘ n˗7?d) 4'(f'\l ׏B480V֣bnuMdH;g  q5C&G[s}LҖ jbg)Zb~RD}0\tΒç`̀&48/Ksew:-FjBdh s'dabG.h iJNɨru]}YnUtꠒFy%N&̃6ڱV@1>e}{ o}">-S :: o\ڤRavoEv|čx.a8>41`+XlQ!5ݵ۵#UN % 0:^ w'4+?N mPNgg 0SiHP PSC 2350 seriesTT0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS.,핃= UW={3|xU<  :Normal (Web)    !UKUS.,  _ pqXXUSUK.,  81XXdd8CROATIA#X1Xpq@#   q CAT     UK.,US.,_RESERVATIONSANDDECLARATIONS   Note `  TheformerYugoslaviahadsignedandratifiedtheConventionon18April1989and10September 8  1991,respectively,withthefollowingdeclaration: $ t  "Yugoslaviarecognizes,incompliancewitharticle21,paragraph1oftheConvention,the L  competenceoftheCommitteeagainstTorturetoreceiveandconsidercommunicationsinwhichone 8  StatePartytotheConventionclaimsthatanotherStatePartydoesnotfulfiltheobligationspursuant $  totheConvention;     "Yugoslaviarecognizes,inconformitywitharticle22,paragraph1oftheConvention,the  competenceoftheCommitteeagainstTorturetoreceiveandconsidercommunicationsfromoron  behalfofindividualssubjecttoitsjurisdictionwhoclaimtobevictimsofaviolationbyaStateParty p oftheprovisionsoftheConvention." \ Seealsonotes1under"BosniaandHerzegovina","Croatia","formerYugoslavia","TheFormer 4 YugoslavRepublicofMacedonia","Slovenia"and"Yugoslavia"inthe"HistoricalInformation"  p sectioninthefrontmatterof[theelectronicversiononthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreaties  \ DepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspx]. H   [Ed.note:Note1underCroatiaisasfollows:     Croatia    Note1   0  Inaletterdated27July1992,receivedbytheSecretary-Generalon4August1992and X"  accompaniedbyalistofmultilateraltreatiesdepositedwiththeSecretary-General,the D#! GovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatianotifiedthat:0$"(#(# 0  "[TheGovernmentof]8theRepublicofCroatiahasdecided,basedontheConstitutional &X!$ DecisiononSovereigntyandIndependenceoftheRepublicofCroatiaof25June,1991and &D"% theDecisionoftheCroatianParliamentinrespectoftheterritoryoftheRepublicof '0#& Croatia,byvirtueofsuccessionoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviaof8 ($' October,1991,tobeconsideredapartytotheconventionsthatSocialistFederalRepublic )%( _ofYugoslaviaanditspredecessorstates(theKingdomofYugoslavia,FederalPeople's *%) RepublicofYugoslavia)wereparties,accordingtotheenclosedlist.+&*(#(# Ї0  Inconformitywiththeinternationalpractice,[theGovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatia]  wouldliketosuggestthatthistakeeffectfrom8October,1991,thedateonwhichthe  RepublicofCroatiabecameindependent."(#(# 0  Seealso formerYugoslaviain[the"HistoricalInformation"sectionintheelectronic ` versiononthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral; L  http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspx.Forthetextin_bayefsky.com_,see 8  ReservationsandDeclarations,Yugoslavia].$ t(#(# 0  ForinformationonthetreatmentoftreatyactionsbypredecessorStatesandsuccessor  L  Statesinthestatustables,seePartC,"Statustables"ofthe"Introduction"to[theelectronic  8  versiononthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral; $  http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspx]]. (#(# (Note4,ChapterIV.9,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)    DECLARATIONSRE:ARTICLES21AND22 p  (Unlessotherwiseindicated,thedeclarationsweremadeuponratification,accessionorsuccession)USUK., \ "[The]RepublicofCroatia...acceptsthecompetenceoftheCommitteeinaccordancewitharticles 4 21and22ofthesaidConvention."  p UK.,US.,'