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Follow-up activities
63.
At its twenty-eighth session, in May 2002, the Committee established the function of
Rapporteur for follow-up to decisions on complaints submitted under article 22, which is
currently held by Mr. Heller. At its 527th meeting, on 16 May 2002, the Committee decided
that the Rapporteur should engage, inter alia, in the following activities: monitoring
compliance with the Committee’s decisions by sending notes verbales to States parties
enquiring about measures adopted pursuant to the Committee’s decisions; recommending to
the Committee appropriate action upon the receipt of responses from States parties, in
situations of non-response, and upon the receipt henceforth of all letters from complainants
concerning non-implementation of the Committee’s decisions; meeting with representatives
of the permanent missions of States parties to encourage compliance and to determine
whether advisory services or technical assistance by OHCHR would be appropriate or
desirable; conducting with the approval of the Committee follow-up visits to States parties;
and preparing periodic reports for the Committee on his or her activities.
64.
During its sixty-fourth session, the Committee reviewed submissions related to
seven 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 the decision on Alhaj Ali v. Morocco (CAT/C/58/D/682/2015), where the
State party submitted that Mr. Alhaj Ali had been released from detention. The Committee
reviewed the information received with regard to six other decisions and decided to keep
the follow-up dialogue open, while requesting a meeting with the representatives of the
Permanent Missions in regard to two decisions, and sending a letter of reminder for the
States parties’ follow-up observations in regard to three decisions.
65.
During its sixty-fifth 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, despite the absence of a satisfactory
resolution, with regard to the decision on M.B. et al. v. Denmark (CAT/C/59/D/634/2014),
wherein the complainants had gone missing and the State party and the counsel indicated
that they did not wish to submit further follow-up information or comments. The
Committee further decided to close the follow-up dialogue, with a note of satisfactory
resolution, with regard to the decision on R.H. v. Sweden (CAT/C/63/D/750/2016), wherein
the complainant had been granted refugee status and a renewable residence permit. The
Committee reviewed the information received with regard to six other decisions and
decided to keep the follow-up dialogue open, while requesting regular updates by the State
party on the status of implementation of the Committee’s decision in one case, and sending
a second letter requesting the State party to refrain from reprisals against the complainant
and his wife in the other case. The Committee also held a meeting on follow-up with the
representatives of the Permanent Missions of Canada and Morocco.
66.
During the sixty-sixth session, the Committee reviewed submissions related to 11
cases that are currently monitored through the Committee’s follow-up procedure. The
Committee decided to inform the State party and the complainant that the follow-up
dialogue with regard to the decision on K.H. v. Denmark (CAT/C/49/D/464/2011) had been
closed at its fiftieth session, as the complainant had been granted a residence permit. The
Committee reviewed the information received with regard to 10 other decisions and
decided to keep the follow-up dialogue open. The Committee decided to request updates by
the State party concerned on the status of implementation of the Committee’s decisions in
seven cases, and to send a letter reiterating its request to the State party to refrain from
reprisals against the complainant in one case. The Committee decided to express particular
concern at the lack of implementation of its decisions in Aarrass v. Morocco
(CAT/C/52/D/477/2011) and Asfari v. Morocco (CAT/C/59/D/606/2014).
67.
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 65 communications, out of a total of 150 communications where it had found
violations of different provisions of the Convention. Additional information may be found
in documents CAT/C/64/2, CAT/C/65/3 and CAT/C/66/3.
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