The consolidated report on the application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was presented on 20 September, 2006, in Geneva. Switzerland. In accordance with the provisions of article 44 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Department of Human Rights disseminated the report nationwide before submission. The observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child were submitted on 11, 12 and 13 January 2007 to the members of the Monitoring Committee for international instruments and resource persons and recommendations made to Government for implementation. The second and third reports on the implementation of the Convention against torture and other forms of punishment or inhuman and degrading treatment as well as the second progress report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights were drafted and transmitted to the different monitoring bodies of the United Nations. In the case of the Convention against torture and other forms of punishment or inhuman and degrading treatment the report was defended in November, 2007. The first, second and third application reports of the international counter-terrorism instruments were presented in 2002, 2005, and 2006 respectively. The report on the Universal human rights periodic review from 5th to 16th May, 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland; The second periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was reviewed from 5th to 16th May 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland. - 23 -