carried out in close cooperation with the Independent Mechanism for the Promotion, Protection and Monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. F. COOPERATION WITH NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Visit of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) to Cyprus In accordance with the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture, a UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) was established whose mandate is to visit the States Parties. In the context of its mandate, the Subcommittee carried out a visit to Cyprus on 25-29 January 2016 with a view to offering advice and technical support to the Mechanism and to assisting the authorities of Cyprus as a State Party to fulfil its obligations deriving from the Protocol. After the visit, the Subcommittee drew up and submitted a Report to the State Party setting out its findings and suggestions to the competent state authorities. This report was forwarded to the Office of the Commissioner. As the contents of the said Report remain confidential so far as Cyprus has not yet decided waive the rule of confidentiality and publish the report, the recommendations and remarks will not be analysed here. At this stage, the Cypriot authorities are expected to submit to the Subcommittee their comments on its remarks and recommendations, and, in particular, the actions that the Cypriot authorities have taken or intend to take to implement the recommendations. The NPM will continue to closely monitor the developments made to adopt and implement in the Subcommittee’s recommendations, as well as the follow-up dialogue. 26