A/74/44
IV. Follow-up to concluding observations on States parties’
reports
40.
At its thirtieth session, in May 2003, the Committee developed a procedure to
provide for follow-up subsequent to the adoption of the concluding observations on reports
of States parties under article 19 of the Convention. 4 The Committee has presented
information in each of its annual reports thereafter, outlining its experience in receiving
information on follow-up measures taken by States parties, including substantive trends and
further modifications that it has made in the procedure. A more detailed description of the
procedure can be found in the guidelines for follow-up to concluding observations, adopted
by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session (CAT/C/55/3).
41.
In accordance with its rules of procedure, the Committee established the post of
Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention.
Over the period covered by the present annual report, Mr. Hani continued to fill that post.
42.
From May 2003 to the end of the sixty-sixth session, in May 2019, the Committee
reviewed 247 reports from States parties for which it identified follow-up
recommendations. Of the 225 follow-up reports that had been due by 17 May 2019, at the
time of the adoption of the present report, 166 had been received by the Committee, for an
overall response rate of 74 per cent. The status of the follow-up is compiled in a chart
maintained on the web page of the Committee. 5 Additional information, including
submissions by States parties, communications sent by the Rapporteur for follow-up, State
party responses and reports from national human rights institutions, non-governmental
organizations and other civil society actors, are posted on that web page.
43.
As at 17 May 2019, the following States had not yet supplied follow-up information
that had fallen due:6 Albania (forty-eighth session), Antigua and Barbuda (sixty-first), Cabo
Verde (fifty-ninth), Cambodia (forty-fifth), Cameroon (sixty-second), Chad (forty-second),
Congo (fifty-fourth), Costa Rica (fortieth), Djibouti (forty-seventh), El Salvador (fortythird), Ethiopia (forty-fifth), Gabon (forty-ninth), Ghana (forty-sixth), Guinea (fiftysecond), Holy See (fifty-second), Indonesia (fortieth), Iraq (fifty-fifth), Jordan (fifty-sixth),
Luxembourg (fifty-fourth), Madagascar (forty-seventh), Mozambique (fifty-first), Namibia
(fifty-ninth), Nicaragua (forty-second), Pakistan (sixtieth), Paraguay (sixty-first),
Philippines (fifty-seventh), Republic of Moldova (sixty-second), Rwanda (sixty-second),
Sierra Leone (fifty-second), Sri Lanka (fifty-ninth), Syrian Arab Republic (forty-eighth),
Uganda (thirty-fourth), Yemen (forty-fourth) and Zambia (fortieth).
44.
The Rapporteur sends reminders requesting the outstanding information to each
State party for which follow-up information is due, but has not yet been submitted. During
the period under review, the Rapporteur sent reminders to Antigua and Barbuda, Cabo
Verde, Namibia, Pakistan, Paraguay, the Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka. 7
45.
From 19 May 2018 to 17 May 2019, follow-up reports were received from the
following States parties,8 in the order of receipt: Mongolia (CAT/C/MNG/CO/2/Add.1, 27
May 2018); Lebanon (CAT/C/LBN/CO/1/Add.1, 6 June 2018); Afghanistan
(CAT/C/AFG/CO/2/Add.1, 28 June 2018); Ireland (CAT/C/IRL/CO/2/Add.1, 9 August
2018);
Panama
(CAT/C/PAN/CO/4/Add.1,
22
August
2018);
Bulgaria
(CAT/C/BGR/CO/6/Add.1, 6 December 2018); Mauritius (CAT/C/MUS/CO/4/Add.1, 6
December 2018); Timor-Leste (CAT/C/TLS/CO/1/Add.1, 18 December 2018); Italy
4
5
6
7
8
10
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/58/44),
para. 12.
In 2010, the Committee established a separate web page for follow-up:
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/FollowUp.aspx?Treaty=CAT&Lang=en. An
overview of the follow-up procedure since 2003 can be found at the same web page.
States parties that did not supply follow-up information prior to the submission of their next periodic
report are not included in the list.
Communications sent by the Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations are available from
the web page for follow-up.
Follow-up reports submitted by States parties are available from the web page for follow-up.
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents