CAT/OP/5 Optional Protocol and paragraph 25 (c) of the present guidelines. Such dialogue may also be held with the national preventive mechanism(s) of the country concerned. 34. The nature and approach of the dialogue arising from each visit will be determined on a case-by-case basis. This will usually involve the submission by the visited State of a written response to be received within an agreed time frame. It will also include a range of other means of direct contact, as agreed by the Subcommittee, with the State party and with the national preventive mechanism(s) and other stakeholders where appropriate. 35. The Subcommittee may seek to undertake a short ad hoc visit in order to continue the dialogue on prevention of torture and ill-treatment with authorities and to verify the state of implementation of some key recommendations. Guideline 8 Publication of the report 36. The Subcommittee shall publish its report, together with any comments of the State party, whenever requested to do so by that State party. The Subcommittee may publish the report in whole or in part if the State party makes part of the report public, in accordance with article 16, paragraph 2, of the Optional Protocol, or if the State party makes a public statement summarizing the report or commenting upon its content. Guideline 9 Responses to non-cooperation 37. If the State party refuses to cooperate with the Subcommittee according to articles 12 and 14 of the Optional Protocol, or to take steps to improve the situation in the light of the Subcommittee’s recommendations, the Subcommittee may choose to use all available measures to address such a lack of cooperation. Those measures may include making a public statement on the matter or publishing the report of the Subcommittee, in accordance with article 16, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol. Before a decision to take such measures is made, the State party concerned shall be given an opportunity to make its views known. When such measures are taken, no personal data shall be published without the express consent of the person concerned. III. Confidentiality Guideline 10 Confidentiality 38. The visit report produced by the Subcommittee and any other documentation relating to its dialogue with the State party shall remain confidential unless authorization is given by the State party concerned for that documentation to be made public in accordance with the provisions of the Optional Protocol. Such material may be shared in confidence with the national preventive mechanism(s) of the country visited, in accordance with article 16, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol. 39. No personal data shall be published without the express consent of the person concerned. Such consent can be given in writing or in any other certified form. 5

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