CAT/OP/CHE/RONPM/1 Visit reports 64. The Subcommittee notes with satisfaction that visit reports are prepared and that there is a clear policy regarding the systematic transmittal of these reports, and the recommendations that they contain, to the authorities of the facilities visited and the relevant federal departments, and regarding their systematic publication. 65. The Subcommittee encourages the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture to continue to publish, after each visit, a report in which it expresses its concerns and makes recommendations (see CAT/OP/12/5, paras. 36 and 37). After having transmitted the report, the Commission should systematically monitor the implementation of the recommendations and use the report as a basis for regular dialogue with the management of the facilities visited and the competent authorities. IV. Next steps 66. The Subcommittee requests that a reply to the present report be provided within six months from the date of its transmittal to the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture. The reply should respond directly to all the recommendations and requests for further information made in the present report, giving a full account of action that has already been taken or is planned (including timescales) in order to implement the recommendations. It should include details concerning the implementation of institution-specific recommendations and concerning general policy and practice.5 67. Article 15 of the Optional Protocol prohibits all forms of sanction or reprisal, from all sources, against anyone who has been in contact with the Subcommittee. The Subcommittee reminds the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture of its obligation to help ensure that no such sanctions or reprisals take place and requests that it provide in its reply information concerning the steps that it has taken in this connection.6 68. The Subcommittee considers both its visit and the present report to form part of an ongoing process of dialogue. The Subcommittee looks forward to assisting the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture in fulfilling its obligations under the Optional Protocol by providing further advice and technical assistance, in order to achieve the common goal of preventing torture and ill-treatment in places of deprivation of liberty. The Subcommittee believes that the most efficient and effective way of developing the dialogue would be for it to meet with the Commission within six months of its having received the reply to the present report.7 69. The Subcommittee recommends that, in accordance with article 12 (d) of the Optional Protocol, the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture enter into dialogue with it on the implementation of its recommendations, within six months of the Subcommittee’s having received the reply to the present report. The Subcommittee also recommends that the Commission initiate discussions with it on the arrangements for such a dialogue at the time of submission of its reply to the present report. 5 6 7 10 The reply should also conform to the guidelines established by the General Assembly concerning documentation to be submitted to the United Nations human rights treaty bodies. See letters sent to Permanent Missions on 8 May 2014. The manner in which the Subcommittee addresses the issue of reprisals and sanctions is set out in CAT/OP/6/Rev.1. The National Commission for the Prevention of Torture is encouraged to consider approaching the OHCHR treaty body capacity-building programme (registry@ohchr.org), which may be able to facilitate the dialogue. The contact details of the Special Fund established under the Optional Protocol are available at www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/OPCAT/Fund/Pages/SpecialFund.aspx. GE.21-03810