A/73/44 Committee decided to close the follow-up dialogue with a note of satisfactory resolution with regard to three communications, namely No. 490/2012, E.K.W. v. Finland, wherein the complainants had been recognized as refugees and therefore allowed to stay in the State party; No. 625/2014, G.I. v. Denmark, in which case the complainant had returned voluntarily from the State party to his country of origin; and No. 639/2014, N.A.A. v. Switzerland, wherein the complainant had received temporary admission and therefore could not be removed to his country of origin. The Committee reviewed the information received with regard to nine other cases and decided to keep the follow-up dialogue open. The Committee also held a meeting on follow-up with the representatives of the Permanent Mission of Denmark to discuss the possible measures by the State party’s authorities to implement several of the Committee’s decisions. 71. During its sixty-third session, the Committee reviewed submissions related to eight cases that are currently monitored through the Committee’s follow-up procedure. The Committee decided to close the follow-up dialogue with a note of satisfactory resolution with regard to three communications, namely No. 381/2009, Faragollah et al. v. Switzerland, wherein the complainant and his family members had been holders of valid refugee travel documents temporary protection permits, which demonstrated that Switzerland was protecting them; No. 558/2013, R.D. et al. v. Switzerland, in which case the complainants had benefited from a temporary admission to Switzerland since June 2016; and No. 747/2016, H.Y. v. Switzerland, wherein the complainant was no longer at risk of being extradited to Turkey. The Committee reviewed the information received with regard to five other cases and decided to keep the follow-up dialogue open. The Committee also held a meeting on follow-up with the representatives of the Permanent Missions of Mexico and Morocco to discuss the possible measures by the States parties’ authorities to implement several of the Committee’s decisions. 72. At the time of the adoption of the present report, the Committee had closed the follow-up dialogue with a note of satisfactory or partially satisfactory resolution with regard to 61 communications, out of a total of 142 communications where it had found violations of different provisions of the Convention. Additional information may be found in documents CAT/C/62/3 and CAT/C/63/3. VII. Meetings of the Committee in 2018 73. Further to General Assembly resolution 68/268, the Committee shall hold two further regular sessions in 2018: the sixty-fourth session (23 July–10 August 2018) and the sixty-fifth session (12 November–7 December 2018). VIII. Adoption of the annual report of the Committee on its activities 74. In accordance with article 24 of the Convention, the Committee shall submit an annual report on its activities to the States parties and to the General Assembly. Since the Committee holds its third regular session of each calendar year in November, which coincides with the regular sessions of the General Assembly, it adopts its annual report at the end of its spring session, for transmission to the General Assembly during the same calendar year. Accordingly, at its 1651st meeting, held on 18 May 2018 (see CAT/C/SR.1653), the Committee considered and adopted the report on its activities at the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third sessions. 14

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