CAT/C/VEN/CO/3-4 24. The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 28 November 2015, followup information in response to the Committee’s recommendations relating to: (a) ensuring or strengthening safeguards for persons deprived of their liberty; (b) conducting prompt, impartial and effective investigations into all allegations of torture, ill-treatment and excessive use of force by law enforcement officials and pro-Government armed groups; and (c) prosecuting suspects and sanctioning perpetrators of torture or ill-treatment, as contained in paragraphs 8 (b) and (d), 9 and 10 (a) and (e) of the present concluding observations. 25. The Committee invites the State party to submit its fifth periodic report by 28 November 2018. To that end, it invites the State party to agree to use the optional reporting procedure, which consists of the transmittal by the Committee of a list of issues prior to the submission of the State party’s report. As provided for in article 19 of the Convention, the State party’s replies to that list of issues would constitute its next periodic report. GE.14-24172 11