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(forty-sixth), Guinea (fifty-second), Indonesia (fortieth), Iraq (fifty-fifth), Israel (fiftyseventh), Jordan (fifty-sixth), Kyrgyzstan (fifty-first), Luxembourg (fifty-fourth),
Madagascar (forty-seventh), Mozambique (fifty-first), Nicaragua (forty-second),
Philippines (fifty-seventh), Sierra Leone (fifty-second), South Africa (thirty-seventh), the
Syrian Arab Republic (forty-eighth), Uganda (thirty-fourth), Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) (fifty-third), Yemen (forty-fourth), Zambia (fortieth), and the Holy See (fiftysecond).
47.
The Rapporteur sends reminders requesting the outstanding information to each
State party for which follow-up information is due, but has not yet been submitted. During
the period under review, the Rapporteur sent reminders to Colombia, the Congo, Iraq,
Jordan and Luxembourg.7
48.
From 14 May 2016 to 12 May 2017, follow-up reports were received from the
following States parties,8 in the order of receipt: Japan (CAT/C/JPN/CO/2/Add.2); Spain
(CAT/C/ESP/CO/6/Add.1); Romania (CAT/C/ROU/CO/2/Add.1); New Zealand
(CAT/C/NZL/CO/6/Add.1); Serbia (CAT/C/SRB/CO/2/Add.1); the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (CAT/C/MKD/CO/3/Add.1); Republic of Korea (on Japan);
Switzerland (CAT/C/CHE/CO/7/Add.1); Slovakia (CAT/C/SVK/CO/3/Add.1); Colombia
(CAT/C/COL/CO/5/Add.1); Burundi (CAT/C/BDI/CO/2/Add.2); Turkey (CAT/C/TUR/
CO/4/Add.1 and Add.2); Azerbaijan (CAT/C/AZE/CO/4/Add.1); Austria (CAT/C/AUS/
6/Add.1); Denmark (CAT/C/DNK/6-7/Add.1); Liechtenstein (CAT/C/LIE/CO/4/Add.1);
Kazakhstan (CAT/C/KAZ/CO/3/Add.2); China (CAT/C/CHN/CO/5/Add.1); Hong Kong,
China
(CAT/C/CHN-HNK/CO/5/Add.1)
and
Macao,
China
(CAT/C/CHNMAC/CO/5/Add.1); Portugal (CAT/C/PRT/CO/5-6/Add.3); Croatia (CAT/C/HRV/CO/45/Add.3); Ukraine (CAT/C/UKR/CO/6/Add.2); Kuwait (CAT/C/KWT/CO/3/Add.1); Saudi
Arabia (CAT/C/SAU/CO/2/Add.1); France (CAT/C/FRA/CO/7/Add.1); and Tunisia
(CAT/C/TUN/CO/3/Add.1).9
49.
The Rapporteur expresses appreciation for the information provided by those States
parties regarding measures taken to implement their obligations under the Convention. He
assesses the responses received as to whether all the issues identified by the Committee for
follow-up have been addressed by the State party and whether the information provided
responds to the Committee’s concerns and recommendations. The Rapporteur
communicates with States parties under the follow-up procedure once their report has been
received and assessed. Such communications reflect the analysis carried out by the
Rapporteur, specify the pending issues and indicate a time frame for the reply.
50.
The Rapporteur also expresses appreciation for the information submitted by
national human rights institutions, human rights non-governmental organizations and civil
society groups under the follow-up procedure. As at 12 May 2017, the Committee had
received follow-up reports from such sources on the following States parties, in the order of
receipt: France, Ukraine, Colombia, Mozambique, Turkey, Macao, China and Hong Kong,
China, Denmark, Venezuela (Bolivian Republic of), Azerbaijan and a further submission
concerning France.10
51.
At the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and sixtieth sessions, the Rapporteur for follow-up to
concluding observations submitted progress reports to the Committee on the procedure, as
had been done at previous sessions.
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8
9
10
Communications sent by the Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations are available from
the web page for follow-up.
Follow-up reports submitted by States parties are available from the web page for follow-up.
Tunisia submitted its follow-up information on 13 May 2017.
Those submissions are also available from the web page for follow-up.
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