Convention, as at 16 May 2003b Azerbaijan Mexico Seychelles 4 February 2002 15 March 2002 6 August 2001 a Total of 48 States parties. b A total of 51 States parties have made the declaration under article 22. Annex IV Membership of the Committee against Torture in 2003 Name of members Mr. Peter Thomas BURNS Mr. Guibril CAMARA Mr. Sayed Kassem EL MASRY Ms. Felice GAER Mr. Alejandro GONZÁLEZ POBLETEa Mr. Fernando MARIÑO MENÉNDEZ Mr. Andreas MAVROMMATIS Mr. Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN Mr. Alexander M. YAKOVLEV Mr. YU Mengjia Country of nationality Canada Senegal Egypt USA Chile Spain Cyprus Denmark Russian Federation China Term expires on 31 December 2003 2003 2005 2003 2003 2005 2003 2005 2005 2005 Annex V Country rapporteurs and alternate rapporteurs for the reports of States partiesconsidered by the Committee at its twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions A. Twenty-ninth session Report Cyprus: third periodic report(CAT/C/54/Add.2) Egypt: fourth periodic report(CAT/C/55/Add.6) Estonia: initial report(CAT/C/16/Add.9) Spain: fourth periodic report (CAT/C/55/Add.5) Venezuela: second periodic report(CAT/C/33/Add.5) Rapporteur Mr. El Masry Mr. Mariño Mr. Burns Mr. González Poblete Mr. González Poblete Alternate Mr. Yu Mr. Yakovlev Ms. Gaer Mr. Rasmussen Mr. Rasmussen B. Thirtieth session Report Azerbaijan: second periodic report(CAT/C/59/Add.1) Belgium: initial report(CAT/C/52/Add.2) Cambodia: initial report(CAT/C/21/Add.5) Iceland: second periodic report(CAT/C/59/Add.2) Republic of Moldova: initial report(CAT/C/32/Add.4) Slovenia: second periodic report(CAT/C/43/Add.4) Turkey: second periodic report(CAT/C/20/Add.8) Rapporteur Ms. Gaer Mr. Camara Mr. Burns Mr. El-Masry Mr. Rasmussen Mr. Yakovlev Mr. Mariño Alternate Mr. Yakovlev Mr. Mavrommatis Mr. Yu Mr. Mavrommatis Mr. Burns Mr. Yu Mr. Rasmussen Annex VI Decisions of the Committee against Tortureunder article 22 of the Convention A. Decisions on merits Complaint No. 119/1998 Submitted by:Mr. V.N.I.M. (represented by counsel) Alleged victim:Mr. V.N.I.M. State party:Canada