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IV. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES
UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION
27.
At its twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sessions, the Committee considered reports
submitted by 14 States parties under article 19, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The following
reports, listed in the order in which they had been received by the Secretary-General, were before
the Committee at its twenty-fifth session:
Armenia: second periodic report
Belarus: third periodic report
Australia: second periodic report
Canada: third periodic report
Cameroon: second periodic report
Guatemala: third periodic report
CAT/C/43/Add.3
CAT/C/34/Add.12
CAT/C/25/Add.11
CAT/C/34/Add.13
CAT/C/17/Add.22
CAT/C/49/Add.2
28.
The following reports, listed in the order in which they had been received by the
Secretary-General, were before the Committee at its twenty-sixth session:
Georgia: second periodic report
Greece: third periodic report
Czech Republic: second periodic report
Slovakia: initial report
Bolivia: initial report
Brazil: initial report
Costa Rica: initial report
Kazakhstan: initial report
CAT/C/48/Add.1
CAT/C/39/Add.3
CAT/C/38/Add.1
CAT/C/24/Add.6
CAT/C/52/Add.1
CAT/C/9/Add.16
CAT/C/24/Add.7
CAT/C/47/Add.1
29.
In accordance with rule 66 of the rules of procedure of the Committee, representatives of
all the reporting States were invited to attend the meetings of the Committee when their reports
were examined. All of the States parties whose reports were considered by the Committee sent
representatives to participate in the examination of their respective reports.
30.
In accordance with the decision taken by the Committee at its fourth session,* country
rapporteurs and alternate rapporteurs were designated by the Chairman, in consultation with the
members of the Committee and the secretariat, for each of the reports submitted by States parties
and considered by the Committee at its twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sessions. The list of the
above-mentioned reports and the names of the country rapporteurs and their alternates for each
of them appear in annex VI to the present report.
31.
In connection with its consideration of reports, the Committee also had before it the
following documents:
(a)
General guidelines regarding the form and contents of initial reports to be
submitted by States parties under article 19, paragraph 1, of the Convention (CAT/C/4/Rev.2);
*
Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-fifth session, Supplement No. 44 (A/45/44),
paras. 14-16.