9. Each State Party shall cooperate with the Committee and assist
its members in the fulfilment of their mandate, to the extent of the
Committee’s functions that the State Party has accepted.
Article 27
A Conference of the States Parties will take place at the earliest four
years and at the latest six years following the entry into force of this
Convention to evaluate the functioning of the Committee and to decide,
in accordance with the procedure described in article 44, paragraph 2,
whether it is appropriate to transfer to another body—without excluding
any possibility—the monitoring of this Convention, in accordance with
the functions defined in articles 28 to 36.
Article 28
1. In the framework of the competencies granted by this Convention,
the Committee shall cooperate with all relevant organs, offices and
specialized agencies and funds of the United Nations, with the treaty
bodies instituted by international instruments, with the special procedures
of the United Nations and with the relevant regional intergovernmental
organizations or bodies, as well as with all relevant State institutions,
agencies or offices working towards the protection of all persons against
enforced disappearances.
2. As it discharges its mandate, the Committee shall consult other
treaty bodies instituted by relevant international human rights instruments,
in particular the Human Rights Committee instituted by the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with a view to ensuring the
consistency of their respective observations and recommendations.
Article 29
1. Each State Party shall submit to the Committee, through the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, a report on the measures taken to
give effect to its obligations under this Convention, within two years after
the entry into force of this Convention for the State Party concerned.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall make this
report available to all States Parties.
3.
Each report shall be considered by the Committee, which shall
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