L. Participation of national human rights institutions 16. Similarly, the Committee has since 2005 met with the national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and other institutions of civil society where these exist, of the countries it has considered. Meetings with each NHRI that attends take place, in private, usually on the day before consideration of the State party report. 17. The Committee is extremely grateful for the information it receives from these institutions, and looks forward to continuing to benefit from the information it derives from these bodies, which has enhanced its understanding of the issues before the Committee. M. Rules of procedure 18. At its forty-second session, the Committee initiated the revision of its rules of procedure (CAT/C/3/Rev.4), amended previously at its thirteenth (November 1996), fifteenth (November 1997) and twenty-eighth (May 2002) sessions, in order to update these rules, especially with regard to the decisions taken by the meetings of chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies and the inter-committee meetings, and to bring them in line with new methods of work that the Committee is implementing as well as to include the adoption of new procedures. N. Reporting guidelines for treaty-specific documents 19. At its forty-second session, the Committee initiated the revision of its treaty-specific reporting guidelines, in light of the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties, including guidelines on a common core document (as contained in HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5). O. Decision of the Committee to request approval from the General Assembly for additional meeting time in 2010 and 2011 20. At its thirty-eighth session in May 2007, the Committee adopted a new reporting procedure which includes the preparation and adoption of a list of issues to be transmitted to States parties prior to the submission of a periodic report. The replies of the State party to the list of issues would constitute its report under article 19 of the Convention. The Committee has decided to initiate this procedure in relation to periodic reports that are due in 2009 and 2010, which will not be applied to initial reports or to periodic reports already submitted and awaiting consideration by the Committee. 21. In view of the fact that there are 11 States parties to the Convention whose reports will be due in 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Greece, Kuwait, Monaco, Peru, South Africa and Turkey) and 9 whose reports will be due in 2010 (Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritius, Mexico, Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia), additional meeting time in 2010 and 2011 is needed for the effective and timely discharge of its responsibilities by the Committee under 4