A/76/44 to the Convention have declared that they recognize the competence of the Committee to receive and consider complaints under article 22 of the Convention. No complaint may be considered by the Committee if it concerns a State party to the Convention that has not recognized the Committee’s competence under article 22. 43. The post of Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, established in accordance with rule 104, paragraph 1, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, is currently held by Mr. Rodríguez-Pinzón. 44. Complaints under article 22 of the Convention are considered in closed meetings. All documents relating to the work of the Committee under article 22, that is, submissions from the parties and other working documents of the Committee, are confidential. 45. The Committee decides on a complaint in the light of all the information made available to it by the parties. The findings of the Committee are communicated to the parties and are made available to the public. The text of the Committee’s decisions declaring complaints inadmissible or discontinuing the examination of a case are also made public, without disclosing the identity of the complainant, but identifying the State party concerned. B. Interim measures of protection 46. Complainants frequently request preventive protection. Pursuant to rule 114, paragraph 1, of its rules of procedure, at any time after the receipt of a complaint the Committee, through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, may transmit to the State party concerned a request to take such interim measures as the Committee considers necessary to avoid irreparable damage to an individual or individuals. The State party is to be informed that such a request does not imply a determination of the admissibility or the merits of the complaint. During the reporting period, requests for interim measures of protection were received in 57 complaints that were registered, of which 42 were granted by the Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, who regularly monitors the compliance by States parties with such requests. C. Progress of work 47. As at 28 April 2021, the Committee had registered, since 1989, 1,068 complaints concerning 42 States parties.14 Of those, 334 complaints had been discontinued and 117 had been declared inadmissible. The Committee had adopted final decisions on the merits in 398 complaints and found violations of the Convention in 158 of them. Some 219 complaints were pending consideration. All the Committee’s decisions on the merits, those declaring a complaint inadmissible and discontinuance decisions can be found in the treaty body case law database,15 on the OHCHR website16 and in the Official Document System of the United Nations.17 48. Between 27 November and 30 December 2020, the Committee held an online intersessional meeting, during which it examined 25 complaints. The Committee found four communications, F.K. v. Denmark (CAT/C/70/D/743/2016), J.D. v. Switzerland (CAT/C/70/D/819/2017), H.T. v. Switzerland (CAT/C/70/D/888/2018) and Z.S. v. Georgia (CAT/C/70/D/915/2019), inadmissible. It discontinued the consideration of 20 communications: V.A. v. Kazakhstan (CAT/C/70/D/638/2014), S.V. v. Russian Federation (CAT/C/70/D/660/2015), J.S. v. Canada (CAT/C/70/D/684/2015), G.S. v. Canada (CAT/C/70/D/705/2015), A.S. v. Canada (CAT/C/70/D/728/2016), S.V. v. Australia (CAT/C/70/D/740/2016), J.L. v. Canada (CAT/C/70/D/741/2016), C.C. v. Switzerland (CAT/C/70/D/808/2017), B.S. v. Canada (CAT/C/70/D/838/2017), T.Ç. and M.E.Ç. v. Georgia (CAT/C/70/D/861/2018), R.K.K. v. Switzerland (CAT/C/70/D/870/2018), B.K. et al. 14 15 16 17 The complaints examined by the Committee in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are attributed to Serbia for statistical purposes. See http://juris.ohchr.org/. See www.ohchr.org/. See http://documents.un.org/prod/ods.nsf/home.xsp. 9