CAT/OP/5 (c) Seek to establish an agreed framework for securing an effective post-visit continuous dialogue. 26. The delegation may, with the consent of the person(s) concerned and taking into account the risk of possible reprisals, raise individual cases with the State party, so that the State might intervene to protect the person(s) concerned. 27. If a delegation encounters difficulties when exercising its mandate, the focal point of the State party shall be contacted forthwith to solve the problem. If the intervention of the focal point does not solve the problem, the delegation shall contact a relevant minister. Where the problem is considered to jeopardize the mission, the delegation may suspend the programme until a solution is found or, in consultation with the Bureau, consider ending the country visit. 28. The Subcommittee may adopt more detailed rules of procedure relating to the conduct of visits. II. Post-visit procedure Guideline 6 Reports on visits 29. After each visit, Subcommittee members of the delegation shall prepare a note summarizing their principle observations, which shall be circulated among all members of the delegation, in order to facilitate the drafting of the report. The draft report shall be prepared with the support of the secretariat. Once approved by the head of delegation, the draft report shall be circulated among the Subcommittee members participating in the visit and revised in the light of their comments. Once agreed upon by those members, the draft report shall be circulated to all members of the Subcommittee for consideration and adoption. 30. The adopted visit report shall be transmitted confidentially to the State party concerned under a letter of transmittal from the Chairperson on behalf of the Subcommittee. The State party shall be requested to inform the Subcommittee within a specified period of its response to the recommendations the Subcommittee has made, including action to be taken in the implementation of the recommendations. The Subcommittee may also, if relevant, confidentially communicate its recommendations and observations or its report to the national preventive mechanism(s). 31. The visit report shall reflect the views of the Subcommittee, drawing on the information and observations derived within the framework of its visit. 32. The Subcommittee’s delegation shall take into account any comments and information that the State party concerned might submit to it before, during and after a visit. It may at its own initiative request additional information from the State party, the national preventive mechanism(s) and any other relevant bodies to which the Subcommittee may choose to address itself. Guideline 7 Continuing dialogue 33. Following the transmittal of the Subcommittee’s report, the Subcommittee and the State party concerned shall continue dialogue with respect to the content of the report and on the implementation of any recommendations, in accordance with article 12 (d) of the 4

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