A/76/44 Contents Chapter I. Page Organizational and other matters .................................................................................................. 1 A. States parties to the Convention ............................................................................................ 1 B. Sessions and agendas of the Committee ............................................................................... 1 C. Membership, officers and mandates ..................................................................................... 1 D. Oral report of the Chair to the General Assembly ................................................................ 2 E. Activities of the Committee in connection with the Optional Protocol to the Convention ...................................................................................................................... 2 Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and cooperation with the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture ....................................................... 2 G. Participation of non-governmental organizations ................................................................. 2 H. Participation of national human rights institutions and national preventive mechanisms .... 3 I. Rapporteur on reprisals ......................................................................................................... 3 J. Treaty body strengthening process ....................................................................................... 3 K. Participation of Committee members in other meetings ....................................................... 4 Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention ................................. 5 A. Simplified reporting procedure ............................................................................................. 5 B. Reminders for overdue initial and periodic reports............................................................... 6 C. Examination of measures taken by a State party in the absence of a report ......................... 6 III. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention ............. 6 IV. Follow-up to concluding observations on States parties’ reports .................................................. 7 V. Activities of the Committee under article 20 of the Convention ................................................... 8 VI. Consideration of complaints under article 22 of the Convention .................................................. 8 A. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 8 B. Interim measures of protection ............................................................................................. 9 C. Progress of work ................................................................................................................... 9 D. Follow-up activities .............................................................................................................. 10 VII. Meetings of the Committee in 2021 .............................................................................................. 10 VIII. Adoption of the annual report of the Committee on its activities .................................................. 10 Membership, officers and mandates .............................................................................................. 11 F. II. Annex iv