CAT/C/40/2 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES ................................................. 57 - 65 17 A. Sessions of the Subcommittee .................................................... 57 - 59 17 B. Rules of procedure and guidelines on visits ............................... 60 18 C. Development of working methods .............................................. 61 - 63 18 D. Confidentiality and secure communications ............................... 64 - 65 19 VIII. CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................... 66 - 68 19 VII. Annexes I. States parties to the Optional Protocol as at 16 February 2008 ............................ 21 II. Members of the Subcommittee ............................................................................. 23 III. Visits carried out in the period covered by the first annual report ....................... 24 IV. Programme of regular Subcommittee visits for 2008 ........................................... 27 V. Outline of a regular Subcommittee visit ............................................................... 28 VI. The Subcommittee in brief ................................................................................... 30 VII. FactFile on the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ................................................ 33 Subcommittee members’ participation in Optional Protocol-related activities ................................................................................................................ 35 OPCAT Contact Group ........................................................................................ 37 VIII. IX.