A/68/44 (a) The twenty-fourth Meeting of chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies, held in Addis Ababa from 25 to 29 June 2012, was attended by Ms. Felice Gaer (ViceChairperson), representing the Committee; (b) The panel discussion on the issue of intimidation or reprisal against individuals and groups cooperating with the United Nations, convened by the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 13 September 2012, was attended by Mr. Claudio Grossman (Chairperson); (c) The expert consultation on gender and religious freedom, held in Geneva on 17 and 18 January 2013 by the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, was attended by Ms. Gaer; (d) The International Expert Conference on independent mechanisms to investigate torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 22 February 2013, was attended by Mr. Xuexian Wang (Vice-Chairperson); (e) A panel discussion on preventing torture and ill-treatment in health-care settings, held in Geneva on 5 March 2013, was attended by Mr. Alessio Bruni; (f) The twenty-fifth Meeting of chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies, held in New York from 20 to 24 May 2013, was attended by Mr. Grossman, who was elected chairperson of the Meeting. 9. In the context of the treaty body strengthening process: (a) Mr. Grossman participated in the informal consultations for the intergovernmental process of the General Assembly on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system held in New York from 16 to 18 July 2012; (b) Ms. Gaer participated in the informal consultations for the intergovernmental process on the strengthening of the treaty body system held in New York on 19 and 20 February 2013; (c) Ms. Gaer participated in the informal consultations of the intergovernmental process on the strengthening of the treaty body system held in New York on 11, 12, 16 and 17 April 2013; (d) Mr. Bruni participated in the informal consultations for the intergovernmental process on the strengthening of treaty body system held in Geneva on 19 April 2013. F. Oral report of the Chairperson to the General Assembly 10. Further to the invitation to the Chairperson of the Committee to present an oral report on the work of the Committee and to engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session under the sub-item entitled “Implementation of human rights instruments” (General Assembly resolution 66/150, para. 29), the Chairperson of the Committee presented an oral report to the General Assembly at its sixtyseventh session on 23 October 2012. The oral report may be found on the OHCHR website (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/index.htm). 2 GE.13-46043