A/73/44 communicates with States parties under the follow-up procedure once their report has been received and assessed. Such communications reflect the analysis carried out by the Rapporteur and specify the pending issues. During the period under review, such communications were sent to Denmark and Liechtenstein, in letters dated 10 May 2018.9 48. The Rapporteur also expresses appreciation for the information submitted by national human rights institutions, human rights non-governmental organizations and civil society groups under the follow-up procedure. As at 18 May 2018, the Committee had received follow-up reports from such sources on the following States parties, in the order of receipt: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); Israel; Burundi; Rwanda; Slovakia; Honduras; China; Armenia; Saudi Arabia; Hong Kong, China; Bahrain; and Lebanon.10 49. At the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third sessions, the Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations presented oral progress reports to the Committee on the procedure, as had been done at previous sessions. V. Activities of the Committee under article 20 of the Convention 50. In accordance with article 20 (1) of the Convention, if the Committee receives reliable information that appears to it to contain well-founded indications that torture is being systematically practised in the territory of a State party, the Committee shall invite that State party to cooperate in the examination of the information and, to that end, to submit observations with regard to the information concerned. 51. In accordance with rule 75 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the SecretaryGeneral shall bring to the attention of the Committee information that is, or appears to be, submitted for the Committee’s consideration under article 20 (1) of the Convention. 52. No information shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State party that, in accordance with article 28 (1) of the Convention, declared at the time of ratification of or accession to the Convention that it did not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in article 20, unless that State party has subsequently withdrawn its reservation in accordance with article 28 (2) of the Convention. 53. 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 include a summary account of the results of the proceedings in its annual report to the States parties and to the General Assembly. 54. 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. At its fifty-sixth session, the Committee adopted internal guidelines on practical modalities and criteria for deciding on follow-up visits to inquiry missions carried out under article 20 of the Convention. 55. Further information on the inquiry procedure is available on the Committee web page. 9 10 10 Communications sent by the Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations are available from the web page for follow-up. Those submissions are also available from the web page for follow-up.