A/74/44 (CAT/C/ITA/CO/5-6/Add.1, 21 December 2018); Republic of Korea (CAT/C/KOR/CO/35/Add.1, 15 February 2019); Senegal (CAT/C/SEN/CO/4/Add.1, 18 February 2019); Bosnia and Herzegovina (CAT/C/BIH/CO/6/Add.1, 5 March 2019); and Norway (CAT/C/NOR/CO/8/Add.1, 13 May 2019). 46. The Rapporteur expresses appreciation for the information provided by those States parties regarding measures taken to implement their obligations under the Convention. He assesses the responses received as to whether all the issues identified by the Committee for follow-up have been addressed by the State party and whether the information provided responds to the Committee’s concerns and recommendations. The Rapporteur 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 in letters dated 20 August 2018 to Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Hong Kong, China, Macao, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Honduras, Israel, Monaco, Tunisia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); in letters dated 23 October 2018 to Afghanistan, Argentina, Bahrain, Kuwait, Mongolia and Panama; and in a letter dated 11 December 2018 to Saudi Arabia.9 47. 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 17 May 2019, the Committee had received follow-up reports from such sources in relation to the reports on the following, in the order of receipt: Hong Kong, China; Bahrain; Lebanon; Finland; Ireland; Philippines; Afghanistan; and Republic of Moldova.10 48. At the sixty-fourth, sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth sessions, the Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations presented oral progress reports on the procedure to the Committee, as had been done at previous sessions. V. Activities of the Committee under article 20 of the Convention 49. The Committee’s work under article 20 of the Convention continued during the period under review. 50. 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. VI. Consideration of complaints under article 22 of the Convention A. Introduction 51. Under article 22 of the Convention, individuals who claim to be victims of a violation by a State party of the provisions of the Convention may submit a complaint to the Committee for consideration, subject to the conditions laid down in that article. Sixtyeight States parties to the Convention have declared that they recognize the competence of the Committee to receive and consider complaints under article 22 of the Convention. No 9 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. 11