A/71/44 Contents Chapter I. Page Organizational and other matters .................................................................................................. 1 A. States parties to the Convention ............................................................................................ 1 B. Sessions and agendas of the Committee ............................................................................... 1 C. Membership, officers and mandates ..................................................................................... 1 D. Participation of Committee members in other meetings ....................................................... 2 E. Oral report of the Chair to the General Assembly ................................................................ 2 F. Activities of the Committee in connection with the Optional Protocol to the Convention ...................................................................................................................... 2 Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and cooperation with the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture ............................................. 3 H. Revised general comment on article 3 of the Convention .................................................... 3 I. Participation of non-governmental organizations ................................................................. 3 J. Participation of national human rights institutions and national preventive mechanisms ......................................................................................................... 4 K. Rapporteurs on reprisals ....................................................................................................... 4 L. Treaty body strengthening process ....................................................................................... 4 M. Implementation of retreat decisions on the working methods of the Committee .................. 5 Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention ................................. 5 A. Invitation to submit periodic reports ..................................................................................... 6 B. Simplified reporting procedure ............................................................................................. 6 C. Reminders for overdue initial and periodic reports............................................................... 7 D. Examination of measures taken by a State party in the absence of a report ......................... 7 E. Request for a special report ................................................................................................. 8 III. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention ............. 8 IV. Follow-up to concluding observations on States parties’ reports .................................................. 10 V. Activities of the Committee under article 20 of the Convention ................................................... 12 VI. Consideration of complaints under article 22 of the Convention .................................................. 13 A. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 13 B. Interim measures of protection ............................................................................................. 14 C. Progress of work ................................................................................................................... 14 D. Follow-up activities .............................................................................................................. 16 VII. Future meetings of the Committee ................................................................................................ 17 VIII. Adoption of the annual report of the Committee on its activities .................................................. 17 G. II. iv GE.16-13567