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Election of the officers of the Committee.
4.
Adoption of the agenda.
5.
Organizational and other matters.
6.
Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention.
7.
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the
Convention.
8.
Consideration of information under article 20 of the Convention.
9.
Consideration of communications under article 22 of the Convention.
10.
Action by the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session and the Commission
on Human Rights at its fifty-eighth session.
11.
Annual report of the Committee on its activities.
12.
The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in the light of the
Convention.
G. Working group
11.
At its twenty-fifth session in November 2000, the Committee decided, in accordance
with rules 61 and 106 of its rules of procedure, to establish, starting with the 2002-2003
biennium, a working group composed of four of its members that would meet for a five-day
session during the week preceding each Committee session. The General Assembly, by
resolution 56/143 of 19 December 2001 entitled “Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment”, approved that request.
12.
Prior to the twenty-eighth session, the working group met from 22 to 26 April 2002
in order to consider communications under article 22 of the Convention and make
recommendations to the Committee. The working group was composed of Mr. Burns,
Mr. Camara, Mr. González Poblete and Mr. Yakovlev.
H. Cooperation between the Committee and the Special Rapporteur
on torture of the Commission on Human Rights
13.
A meeting was held on 15 May 2002 between the Committee and the newly appointed
Special Rapporteur on torture of the Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Theodor van Boven.
The Committee and the Special Rapporteur exchanged views on their respective mandates and
activities. They agreed to continue exchanging information and to enhance their cooperation and
coordination, especially with respect to: (a) countries visited by the Special Rapporteur or under