Sixth session
42. At its 13rd meeting, held on 22 April 1991, the Committee also considered
the status of submission of reports under article 19 of the Convention. In
addition to the documents listed in paragraph 38 above, the Committee had
before it a note by the Secretary-General concerning initial reports of seven
States parties due in 1991 (CAT/C/12).
43. The Committee was informed that. in addition to the three reports that
were scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its sixth session
(sect. IV, para. 51), the Secretary-General had received the initial reports
of Belize (CAT/C/5/Add.25) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland (CAT/C/9/Add.6). He had also received additional information
from Egypt (CAT/C/5/Add.23) and Spain. that had been requested by the
Committee at its second and fifth sessions, respectively, and the additional
reports of Cameroon (CAT/C/5/Add.26), Ecuador (CAT/CI1IAdd.11) and Senegal*
pursuant to rule 67, paragraph 2, of the rules of procedure of the Committee.
44. The Committee was also informed that initial reports llad not yet been
received from the following States parties: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Togo,
Uganda and Uruguay, whose reports were due in 1988 and Guyana and Peru, whose
reports were due in 1989. In addition, a third reminder was sent to Denmark,
Which had been requested by the Committee at its second session to provide
additional information.
45. The Committee again requested the Secretary-General to continue sending
reminders automatically to these States parties whose initial reports were
more than 12 months overdue and subsequent reminders every six months.
46. The Committee also requested the Secretary-General to send reminders
automatically every six months to those States parties which had been
requested to furnish additional reports pursuant to rule 61, paragraph 2, of
its rules of procedure and those States parties which had been requested to
provide additional information. The Committee agreed that in the future, when
it requested a State party, at the end of the consideration of its report, to
submit an additional report under rule 61, paragraph 2, it should also decide
whether or not the State party should be invited to send representatives to
attend me9tings at which the Committee was to consider the additional report.
41. At its 83rd meeting, on 29 April 1991, the Committee explored possible
ways to draw the attention of States parties to the importance of adequate and
timely submission of their reports in fulfilment of their obligations under
article 19 of the Convention. During the discussion various measures were
considered, such as meetings of members of the Committee with representatives
of States parties whose reports were overdue; technical assistance by members
of the Committee to States parties in the prepazation of their reports, to be
made available within the framework of the Programme of Advisory Services and
Technical Assistance of the Centre for Human Rights: and visits of members of
the Committee to States parties whose Governments would specifically request
their advice and assistance for the preparation of their reports. It was also
suggested that, where States parties were three years late in submitting their
reports, the Committee would examine the implementation of the Convention in
that State party on the basis of such information as it had available to it.
The Committee decided to resume discussion on this issue at its seventh
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