A/70/44 58. The Committee’s work under article 20 of the Convention continued during the period under review. In accordance with the provisions of article 20 and rules 78 and 79 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, all documents and proceedings of the Committee relating to its functions under article 20 are confidential and all the meetings concerning its proceedings under that article are closed. However, in accordance with article 20 (5) of the Convention, the Committee may, after consultations with the State party concerned, decide to in clude a summary account of the results of the proceedings in its annual report to the States parties and to the General Assembly. 59. In the framework of the Committee’s follow-up activities, the rapporteurs on article 20 continued to carry out activities aimed at encouraging States parties on which enquiries had been conducted and the results of such enquiries had been published, to take measures to implement the Committee ’s recommendations. 60. Further information on the inquiry procedure is available on the Committee against Torture web page. B. Proceedings concerning the confidential inquiry on Lebanon 61. At its fifty-first session, the Committee adopted its report on Lebanon under article 20 of the Convention and, in accordance with paragraph 4 of the same article, decided to transmit the findings of the inquiry to the State party and invite it to inform the Committee, by 29 January 2014, of the measures taken with regard to those findings and in response to its recommendations. On 29 January 2014, the State party submitted its comments and observations on the Committee ’s report. In its communication, Lebanon indicated that it did not consent to the publication of the inquiry report. 62. On 22 May 2014, the Chair of the Committee met with the Perman ent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations Office at Geneva to discuss further the publication of the inquiry report along with the Government ’s comments and observations on the report. In view of the State party’s reiterated opposition to the publication of the full report, the Committee decided, pursuant to article 20 (5) of the Convention, to include in its annual report to the General Assembly a summary account of the results of the proceedings. 13 63. On 21 November 2014, Lebanon submitted its confidential replies to the report adopted by the Committee under article 20 of the Convention. VI. Consideration of complaints under article 22 of the Convention A. Introduction 64. Under article 22 of the Convention, individuals who claim to be victims of a violation by a State party of the provisions of the Convention may submit a complaint to the Committee against Torture for consideration, subject to the conditions laid down in that article. Sixty-six States parties to the Convention have declared that they recognize the competence of the Committee to receive and consider complaints under article 22 of the Convention. 14 No complaint may be considered by the Committee if it __________________ 13 14 18/24 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/69/44), annex XIII. See the United Nations Treaty Collection (https://treaties.un.org). GE.15-13195