A/68/44 of a State party’s report. This is particularly significant in a Committee with such a small membership. 43. Further to its decision to continue with this procedure for a new four-year reporting cycle,6 the Committee decided, at its forty-ninth session, to invite the following 18 States parties to report under this procedure for their report due in 2014: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, Jordan, Libya, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey and Yemen. 44. At its forty-ninth session, the Committee adopted lists of issues prior to reporting with regard to nine States parties that expressly accepted the invitation to submit their next report, due in 2014, under this procedure: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Switzerland and Turkey. Cameroon, Ethiopia, France, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen did not respond to the invitation. The updated information relating to the procedure is available from a dedicated webpage (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/reporting-procedure.htm). 45. At its fiftieth session, the Committee decided, as regards reports due in 2015, to prepare lists of issues prior to reporting for the following 11 States parties that had already accepted the procedure: Belarus, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Kuwait, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Paraguay and Slovenia. At the same session, it adopted those lists of issues prior to reporting, with the exception of those for Belarus, Germany and Ireland, which will be adopted at the fifty-first session. Bahrain, Djibouti and Madagascar did not respond to the invitation. Namibia and Sri Lanka did not accept to report under the procedure. The updated information relating to the procedure is available from a dedicated webpage (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/reporting-procedure.htm). 46. Finally, the Committee decided to send reminders to the following States parties indicating that it was expecting to receive their reports under this procedure, as they had accepted to report under it in 2011: Bahrain, Benin, Denmark, Georgia, Italy, Luxembourg and the United States of America. C. Preliminary evaluation of the optional reporting procedure 47. At its forty-ninth and fiftieth sessions, the Committee discussed its optional reporting procedure on the basis of the report it requested the secretariat to prepare7 on the status of the optional reporting procedure (CAT/C/47/2), which included information on new developments relating to the procedure and possible options for its revision. 48. Taking note of and expressing appreciation for the report of the secretariat, which also contained proposals for the next reporting cycle (2013–2016), the Committee decided to continue to discuss the evaluation of its optional reporting procedure during its next sessions. D. Reminders for overdue initial and periodic reports 49. At its fiftieth session, the Committee decided to send reminders to all States whose initial reports were overdue as well as to all States parties whose periodic reports are four or more years overdue. 6 7 GE.13-46043 Ibid., para. 36. Ibid., chap. I, para. 38. 9