CAT/OP/CRI/ROSP/1 concerning the implementation of the recommendations, including institution-specific recommendations, and general policy and practice.13 107. Article 15 of the Optional Protocol prohibits any form of sanction or reprisal, from any source, against anyone who has been, or who has sought to be, in contact with the Subcommittee. The Subcommittee reminds the State party of its obligation to ensure that no such sanctions or reprisals take place and requests that, in its replies, it provide detailed information concerning the steps it has taken to ensure that this obligation has been fulfilled. 108. The Subcommittee recalls that prevention of torture and ill-treatment is a continuing and wide-ranging obligation. 14 It therefore requests that the State party inform it of any legislative, regulatory, policy or other relevant developments relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and regarding the work of the national preventive mechanism. 109. The Subcommittee considers both its visit and the present report to form part of an ongoing process of dialogue. The Subcommittee looks forward to assisting the State party in fulfilling its obligations under the Optional Protocol by providing further advice and technical assistance, in order to achieve the common goal of prevention of torture and ill-treatment in places of deprivation of liberty. The Subcommittee believes that the most efficient and effective way of developing the dialogue would be for it to meet with the national authorities responsible for the implementation of the Subcommittee’s recommendations within six months of receiving the reply to the present report. 110. The Subcommittee recommends that, in accordance with article 12 (d) of the Optional Protocol, the national authorities of the State party enter into dialogue with the Subcommittee on the implementation of the Subcommittee’s recommendations, within six months of the Subcommittee’s receipt of the reply to the present report. The Subcommittee also recommends that Costa Rica and the national preventive mechanism initiate discussions with the Subcommittee on the arrangements for such a dialogue at the time of the submission of its reply to the present report. 15 13 14 15 18 The reply should also conform to the guidelines concerning documentation to be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights treaty bodies established by the United Nations General Assembly. See letters sent to permanent missions on 8 May 2014. CAT/OP/12/6 and general comment No. 2. Costa Rica is encouraged to consider approaching the OHCHR treaty body capacity-building programme (registry@ohchr.org), which may be able to facilitate the dialogue. The contact details of the Special Fund are available at https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/OPCAT/Fund/ Pages/SpecialFund.aspx. GE.21-00153