- 11 the inquiry procedure of the Committee (article 20 of the Convention); and (b) individual cases that may in principle be dealt with both by the Committee and the Special Rapporteur under their respective mandates. I. Participation of Committee members in other meetings 14. A number of members informed the Committee about their participation in various meetings during the period under consideration. Thus, Mr. Rasmussen briefed the Committee about his participation in the meeting organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Application of Human Rights to Reproductive and Sexual Health from 25 to 27 June 2001 and in the public hearing on Instruments and Measures to Combat Torture organized by the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Parliament on 17 October 2001. Mr. Burns provided information on the outcome of the thirteenth meeting of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies, held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 18 to 22 June 2001. Mr. Burns, Ms. Gaer and Mr. Mavrommatis informed the Committee about their participation at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 7 September 2001. Mr. Mavrommatis reported on his participation at the tenth session of the open-ended working group of the Commission on Human Rights on a draft optional protocol to the Convention against Torture, held from 14 to 25 January 2002. J. Amendments to the rules of procedure and methods of work 15. During its twenty-eighth session the Committee revised its rules of procedure. Amendments were made to rules 12 (beginning of term of office for Committee members), 16 (term of office for officers), 61 (establishment of subsidiary bodies), 64 (submission of reports), 65 (non-submission of reports), 66 (attendance by States parties at examination of reports) and 68 (conclusions and recommendations by the Committee). Amendments were also made regarding the procedure for the consideration of complaints received under article 22 of the Convention (rules 96 to 115), as specified in chapter V of the present report. The text of the amended rules is contained in annex X. 16. As a result of the amendments, the Committee decided, inter alia, to establish a mechanism to deal with non-reporting States and States that report but fail to send representatives to the Committee’s meetings. Furthermore, the amendment to rule 68 concerned the appointment of rapporteurs for follow-up to conclusions and recommendations on State party reports. The Committee decided that these rapporteurs would seek information as to a State party’s implementation of and compliance with the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations upon the former’s initial, periodic or other reports, and/or would urge the State party to take appropriate measures to that end. The rapporteurs would report to the Committee on the activities they have undertaken pursuant to this mandate. Ms. Gaer and Mr. González Poblete (alternate) were subsequently designated as rapporteurs on follow-up on conclusions and recommendations on State party reports.