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 GE.13-46043 (E) 030913 iii

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