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submissions by States parties, communications sent by the Rapporteur for follow-up, State
party responses and reports from national human rights institutions, NGOs and other civil
society actors, are posted on that web page.
45.
As at 15 May 2020, the following States had not yet supplied follow-up information
that had fallen due: 5 Albania (forty-eighth session), Antigua and Barbuda (sixty-first),
Belarus (sixty-third), Cabo Verde (fifty-ninth), Cambodia (forty-fifth), Cameroon (sixtysecond), Congo (fifty-fourth), Djibouti (forty-seventh), Gabon (forty-ninth), Ghana (fortysixth), Guinea (fifty-second), Holy See (fifty-second), Indonesia (fortieth), Jordan (fiftysixth), Madagascar (forty-seventh), Mozambique (fifty-first), Namibia (fifty-ninth),
Paraguay (sixty-first), Peru (sixty-fifth), Philippines (fifty-seventh), Rwanda (sixty-second),
Seychelles (sixty-fourth), Sierra Leone (fifty-second), Sri Lanka (fifty-ninth), Syrian Arab
Republic (forty-eighth), Tajikistan (sixty-third), Uganda (thirty-fourth), Viet Nam (sixtyfifth), Yemen (forty-fourth) and Zambia (fortieth).
46.
The Rapporteur sent reminders requesting the outstanding information to each State
party for which follow-up information was due, but had not yet been submitted. During the
period under review, such reminders were sent in letters dated 21 May 2019 to the Republic
of Moldova and Rwanda; in letters dated 4 June 2019 to Cameroon and Saudi Arabia; in
letters dated 9 October 2019 to Belarus, Qatar and Tajikistan; in letters dated 29 November
2019 to Mauritania and Seychelles; and in letters dated 30 April 2020 to Peru and Viet Nam.6
47.
From 18 May 2019 to 15 May 2020, follow-up reports were received from the
following States parties,7 in the order of receipt: Pakistan (CAT/C/PAK/CO/1/Add.1, 31 May
2019);
Saudi
Arabia
(CAT/C/SAU/FCO/2,
27
June
2019);
Czechia
(CAT/C/CZE/CO/6/Add.1, 28 June 2019); Italy (CAT/C/ITA/CO/5-6/Add.2, 30 July 2019);
Republic of Moldova (CAT/C/MDA/CO/3/Add.1, 31 July 2019); Italy (CAT/C/ITA/CO/56/Add.3, 5 August 2019); the Russian Federation (CAT/C/RUS/CO/6/Add.1, 13 August
2019); Chile (CAT/C/CHL/CO/6/Add.1 and annexes, 14 August 2019); Qatar
(CAT/C/QAT/FCO/3, 14 October 2019); Maldives (CAT/C/MDV/CO/1/Add.1, 25 October
2019); the Netherlands (CAT/C/NLD/FCO/7, 6 December 2019); Guatemala
(CAT/C/GTM/FCO/7, 24 December 2019); Mauritania (CAT/C/MRT/FCO/2, 2 January
2020); and Canada (CAT/C/CAN/FCO/7, 21 February 2020).
48.
The Rapporteur expressed appreciation for the information provided by those States
parties regarding measures taken to implement their obligations under the Convention. He
assessed the responses received as to whether all the issues identified by the Committee for
follow-up had been addressed by the State party and whether the information provided
responded to the Committee’s concerns and recommendations. The Rapporteur
communicated with States parties under the follow-up procedure once their report was
received and assessed. Such communications reflected the analysis carried out by the
Rapporteur and specified the pending issues. During the period under review, such
communications were sent in letters dated 21 May 2019 to Ireland and Turkmenistan; in
letters dated 27 June 2019 to Bulgaria, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritius, Republic of Korea and
Timor-Leste; in letters dated 9 October 2019 to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Pakistan
and Senegal; in letters dated 29 November 2019 to Chile and the Republic of Moldova; in a
letter dated 6 December 2019 to Czechia; in letters dated 18 December 2019 to Qatar and
Maldives; in a letter dated 3 March 2020 to the Russian Federation; and in a letter dated 30
April 2020 to the Netherlands.8
49.
The Rapporteur also expressed appreciation for the information submitted by national
human rights institutions, human rights NGOs and civil society groups under the follow-up
procedure. As at 15 May 2020, the Committee had received follow-up reports from such
sources in relation to the reports on the following, in the order of receipt: Saudi Arabia; the
5
6
7
8
States parties that did not supply follow-up information prior to the submission of their next periodic
report are not included in the list.
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.
Communications sent by the Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations are available from
the web page for follow-up.
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