A/68/44
Contents
Chapter
I.
Organizational and other matters ............................................................................
III.
Page
1–37
1
A.
States parties to the Convention .....................................................................
1–3
1
B.
Sessions of the Committee .............................................................................
4
1
C.
Membership and attendance at sessions .........................................................
5
1
D.
Agendas ..........................................................................................................
6–7
1
E.
Participation of Committee members in other meetings.................................
8–9
1
F.
Oral report of the Chairperson to the General Assembly ...............................
10
2
G.
Activities of the Committee in connection with the Optional Protocol
to the Convention ...........................................................................................
11–15
3
Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day
in Support of Victims of Torture ....................................................................
16
3
I.
Informal meeting with the States parties to the Convention...........................
17
4
J.
Participation of non-governmental organizations...........................................
18–19
4
K.
Participation of national human rights institutions .........................................
20
4
L.
General comment on article 14 of the Convention .........................................
21
4
M.
Reporting guidelines.......................................................................................
22
5
N.
General Assembly resolution 67/232..............................................................
23–24
5
O.
Examination of reports ...................................................................................
25
5
P.
Special report requested from the Syrian Arab Republic ...............................
26
5
Q.
Rapporteurs on reprisals .................................................................................
27–30
6
R.
Treaty body strengthening process .................................................................
31–34
6
S.
Rules of procedure..........................................................................................
35
7
T.
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Committee ...................................................
36–37
7
Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention ...........
38–51
8
A.
Invitation to submit periodic reports...............................................................
40–41
8
B.
Optional reporting procedure..........................................................................
42–46
8
C.
Preliminary evaluation of the optional reporting procedure ...........................
47–48
9
D.
Reminders for overdue initial and periodic reports ........................................
49–50
9
E.
Examination of measures taken by a State party in the absence of
a report............................................................................................................
51
10
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the
Convention..............................................................................................................
52–75
11
A.
Examination of reports submitted by States parties........................................
52–57
11
B.
Concluding observations on States parties’ reports ........................................
58–75
12
Gabon .............................................................................................................
59
12
H.
II.
Paragraphs
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