CAT/C/NAM/CO/2 Follow-up procedure 46. The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 7 December 2017, information on follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations on the adoption of the bill on prevention and combating of torture, conditions of detention and respect for the principle of non-refoulement (see paras. 9, 17 (b) and (c) and 27 (c) above). In that context, the State party is invited to inform the Committee about its plans for implementing, within the coming reporting period, some or all of the remaining recommendations in the concluding observations. Other issues 47. The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party has indicated its intention to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. It recommends that the State party adopt all the necessary measures to accelerate the process of ratification in order to become a party as soon as possible, with a view to establishing a national preventive mechanism and ensuring it full independence and the allocation of adequate human and financial resources in order for it to effectively discharge its duties. 48. The Committee reiterates its recommendations that the State party make the declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from individuals subject to its jurisdiction. 49. The Committee invites the State party to issue a standing invitation to the special procedure mechanisms of the Human Rights Council and to consider ratifying the core United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet party. 50. The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 51. The Committee requests the State party to submit its next report, which will be the third periodic report, by 7 December 2020. For that purpose, and in view of the fact that the State party has agreed to report to the Committee under the simplified reporting procedure, the Committee will, in due course, transmit to the State party a list of issues prior to reporting. The State party’s replies to that list of issues will constitute its third periodic report under article 19 of the Convention. 10