CAT/C/TLS/CO/1 Other issues 49. The Committee encourages the State party to consider making the declaration under article 22 of the Convention, recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from individuals subject to its jurisdiction. 50. In the light of the commitments made by the delegation during the dialogue with the Committee, the Committee encourages the State party to consider acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention. It also recommends that the State party promptly accept the request of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to visit the country. 51. The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, to all the organs of the State party, including the relevant authorities, and also, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 52. The Committee invites the State party to submit its next periodic report, which will be its second, by 6 December 2021. To that end, the Committee invites the State party to accept, by 6 December 2018, the simplified reporting procedure consisting in the transmittal, by the Committee to the State party, of a list of issues prior to the submission of the report. The State party’s replies to that list of issues will constitute its second periodic report under article 19 of the Convention. 12