CONTENTS
Chapter
I.
II.
Paragraphs
Page
ORGANIZATIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS ............................
1 - 22
1
A. States parties to the Convention .................................................
1-3
1
B. Sessions of the Committee .........................................................
4
1
C. Membership and attendance at sessions .....................................
5
1
D. Agendas ......................................................................................
6-7
1
E. Participation of Committee members in other meetings ............
8
1
F. Activities of the Committee in connection with the
Optional Protocol to the Convention ..........................................
9
2
G. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture ...................
10
2
H. Statement of the Committee on the adoption of its
concluding observations .............................................................
11 - 12
2
I.
Recommendations of the eighth inter-committee meeting .........
13
3
J.
Informal meeting with the States parties to the Convention ......
14
3
K. Participation of non-governmental organizations .......................
15
3
L. Participation of national human rights institutions .....................
16 - 17
4
M. Rules of procedure ......................................................................
18
4
N. Reporting guidelines for treaty-specific documents ...................
19
4
O. Decision of the Committee to request approval from the
General Assembly for additional meeting time in 2010
and 2011 ......................................................................................
20 - 22
4
SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES
UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION .............................
23 - 29
6
A. Invitation to submit periodic reports ...........................................
26
6
B. Optional reporting procedure ......................................................
27
6
C. Reminders for overdue initial reports .........................................
28 - 29
7
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