A/75/44 organized by the International Federation of ACAT; and (c) a briefing on medical implications when addressing torture and ill-treatment under the Convention against Torture, held on 3 December 2019 and organized by Dignity – Danish Institute against Torture. H. Participation of national human rights institutions and national preventive mechanisms 15. Similarly, the Committee appreciates the work of national human rights institutions and national preventive mechanisms established by States parties as provided for under the Optional Protocol. Since the fifty-fifth session, those institutions and mechanisms have had the possibility of meeting in private plenary with the Committee. Specifically, at the sixtyseventh session, the Committee met with the institutions of Greece and Togo, the mechanism of Greece and the institution and mechanism of Poland; at the sixty-eighth session, it met with the institutions of Burkina Faso, Latvia, the Niger and Uzbekistan, and the institutions and mechanisms of Cyprus and Portugal. The Committee expresses its appreciation for the oral and written information that it receives from those bodies, and looks forward to continuing to benefit from that information, which has enhanced its understanding of the issues before it. I. Rapporteur on reprisals 16. At its forty-ninth session, the Committee decided to adopt a mechanism to prevent, monitor and follow up on cases of reprisal against civil society organizations, human rights defenders, victims and witnesses after their engagement with the treaty body system. It subsequently appointed a rapporteur on reprisals under article 19 and a rapporteur on reprisals under articles 20 and 22. At its fifty-fifth session, the Committee adopted guidelines on the receipt and handling of allegations of reprisals against individuals and organizations cooperating with the Committee under articles 13, 19, 20 and 22 of the Convention (CAT/C/55/2). Those guidelines include a clear recognition of the value of the Guidelines against Intimidation or Reprisals (San José Guidelines). 17. At its sixty-third session, the Committee designated Ana Racu as the rapporteur on reprisals under articles 19, 20 and 22. Information on action taken by rapporteurs during the reporting period is available on the Committee web page. J. Treaty body strengthening process 18. At its sixty-fourth session, the Committee held a thorough discussion on the review of the human rights treaty body system to be conducted by the General Assembly in 2020. In that context, it developed a treaty-body-oriented position for the 2020 review. The Committee also designated two focal points for the 2020 review, Felice Gaer and Jens Modvig. The Chair organized with Dignity – Danish Institute against Torture a meeting of treaty body focal points on the 2020 review, which was held in Copenhagen on 26 and 27 February 2019. At its sixty-sixth session, the Committee held informal meetings with States parties and NGOs on the 2020 review and the Committee’s position (see A/74/44, annex II). At its sixty-seventh session, the Committee discussed the recommendations issued by the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies at their thirty-first meeting, held in New York from 24 to 28 June 2019. Particular attention was paid to the position paper of the Chairs on the future of the treaty body system (A/74/256, annex III). At its sixty-eighth session, the Committee adopted, on a pilot basis, concrete measures to ensure that dialogues with and recommendations for States parties were more focused and coordinated with other treaty body reviews (see annex III to the present report). 3