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15.
Further summary information on the above-mentioned visits is available in the press
releases issued following each visit.
D.
Dialogue arising from visits, including publication of the
Subcommittee’s reports by States parties and national
preventive mechanisms
16.
The substantive aspects of the dialogue arising from visits are governed by the rule
of confidentiality. Reports are only made public with the consent of the State party or NPM
concerned. At the end of 2013, the Subcommittee had transmitted a total of 28 visit reports
to States parties and NPMs: 17 visit reports under article 11 (a) of the Optional Protocol,
including 2 within the reporting period on Kyrgyzstan and New Zealand; 1 follow-up visit
report under article 13, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol; and 10 reports arising from
NPM advisory visits under articles 11 (b)3 and 12 of the Optional Protocol, including 8
within the reporting period to the States parties and NPMs of Armenia, Germany, the
Republic of Moldova and Senegal. A total of 12 Subcommittee visit reports have been
made public following requests from the States parties under article 16, paragraph 2, of the
Optional Protocol, or requests from the NPMs. Two reports arising from NPM advisory
visits were made public following requests from the NPMs of the Republic of Moldova and
Senegal within the reporting period and one report arising from a visit under article 11 (a)
of the Optional Protocol was made public following a request from Argentina.
17.
In conformity with established practice, recipients are requested to provide a reply to
a visit report within six months of its transmittal, giving a full account of action taken to
implement the recommendations it contains. At the end of 2013, the Subcommittee had
received 11 replies from States parties to visit reports under article 11 (a) of the Optional
Protocol. The replies from Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Mexico (2 replies), Paraguay and
Sweden have been made public, while those from Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Lebanon,
Mauritius and Ukraine remain confidential. The Subcommittee considers the replies from
the following five States parties to be overdue: Cambodia, Honduras, Liberia, Maldives and
Mali.
18.
The Subcommittee now issues a confidential written response to all replies received.
In 2013, it transmitted such a response to Brazil. All responses currently remain
confidential.
19.
The Subcommittee has conducted two visits under article 13, paragraph 4, of the
Optional Protocol, to Cambodia and Paraguay. The visit to Cambodia took place within the
reporting period. Both the report and the reply arising from the previous article 13,
paragraph 4, visit to Paraguay have been made public at the request of that State party.
20.
The Subcommittee has transmitted reports to the NPMs and to the States parties in
the wake of its NPM advisory visits under articles 11 (b) and 12 of the Optional Protocol to
Armenia, Germany, Honduras, the Republic of Moldova and Senegal, all of which took
place within the current reporting period except for the visit to Honduras. All the reports
transmitted to the States parties remain confidential. The reports transmitted to the NPMs of
Germany, Honduras, the Republic of Moldova and Senegal are public, whilst the report to
the NPM of Armenia is confidential. States party replies from Honduras, the Republic of
Moldova and Senegal are currently outstanding.
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Since the Subcommittee sends separate confidential reports to both the State party and the NPM
following such visits, each visit generates two reports.
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