CAT/C/44/2* Annex V Participation of the members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture in Optional Protocol-related activities – April 2009–March 2010 I. Africa West African region In-country engagement with the NPM of Benin, organized by APT. Cotonou, Benin, October 2009 (Mr. Hans Draminsky Petersen). II. Americas North American region Workshop on enhancing cooperation between the Inter-American and the international human rights systems, organized by OHCHR National Institutions Unit and the Organization of American States (OAS). Washington D.C., USA, December 2009 (Mr. Mario Coriolano). South American region National seminar on the implementation of the Optional Protocol in Chile, organized by APT and the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Santiago de Chile, Chile, August 2009 (Mr. Wilder Tayler Souto). Seminar on health professionals and places of detention. Co-organized by Ministry of Justice of Buenos Aires province, ICRC, and La Plata University, La Plata, Argentina, 3–5 December 2009 (Mr. Mario Coriolano). Two seminars and one round-table discussion in Chaco and Buenos Aires provinces and the Federal capital, respectively, in order to discuss the establishment of regional preventive mechanisms in Argentina. Organized by provincial authorities, the APT and other NGOs. 11 to 15 December 2009 (Mr. Wilder Tayler Souto). III. Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Workshop on Optional Protocol implementation in Lebanon, organized by APT. Beirut, February 2010 (Mr. Hans Draminsky Petersen and Secretary of the Subcommittee, Mr. Patrice Gillibert). 30 GE.10-41876