APT General Guidelines Alternative reporting to the Committee against Torture January 2013 ANNEX 1. List of States Parties who have accepted the optional reporting procedure (as of January 2013) In 2007, the Committee against Torture adopted a new optional reporting procedure which assists States Parties in their reporting cycle by reducing the amount of information to be submitted to the Committee. To learn more about the status of States Parties reports/responses to the LOIPRs, visit the “Optional reporting procedure” section on the OHCHR website 6. Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Finland Georgia Ghana Greece Guatemala Gyuana Honduras Hungary 6 Iceland Israel Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Monaco Montenegro Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Philippines Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Zambia See http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/reporting-procedure.htm 8