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the situation of Cabo Verde in the absence of a report at its fifty-ninth session. On 29
January 2016, Côte dʼIvoire accepted the simplified reporting procedure and received a list
of issues prior to reporting that was adopted at the fifty-ninth session. At its fifty-eighth
session, in the absence of reply from Antigua and Barbuda, the Committee notified the
State party that it would examine its situation in the absence of a report at its sixty-first
session. At its fifty-ninth session, the Committee examined the situation of Cabo Verde in
the absence of a report. At the same session, the Committee decided to send a specific
reminder to Malawi and Somalia to submit their long overdue initial reports and to offer
them the simplified reporting procedure. If they did not accept the simplified reporting
procedure or if reports under the traditional reporting procedure were not received pursuant
to article 67 of its rules of procedure, the Committee would conduct at a future session an
examination, in the absence of a report. On 8 December 2016, Malawi accepted the
simplified reporting procedure and on 2 February 2017, Somalia accepted the simplified
reporting procedure. Both States received a list of issues prior to reporting that had been
adopted at the sixty-second session. At its sixty-first session, the Committee examined the
situation of Antigua and Barbuda in the absence of a report. At the same session, it decided
to notify Seychelles that it would examine the situation in the absence of a report at its
sixty-fourth session. At the sixty-second session, specific reminders were sent to
Bangladesh and the Niger to submit their long overdue initial reports and to offer them the
simplified reporting procedure. If they did not accept the simplified reporting procedure or
if reports under the traditional reporting procedure were not received pursuant to article 67
of its rules of procedure, the Committee would at a future session conduct an examination,
in the absence of a report.
III. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under
article 19 of the Convention
35.
At its sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third sessions, the Committee considered
reports submitted by 17 States parties under article 19 (1) of the Convention and adopted 17
sets of concluding observations. Furthermore, at its sixty-first session, the Committee
considered the country situation of Antigua and Barbuda in the absence of a report and
adopted concluding observations (see sect. II. D).
36.
The reports considered by the Committee at its sixty-first session and the concluding
observations thereon are available from the Official Document System of the United
Nations (http://documents.un.org) under the symbols indicated below:
Party
Country rapporteurs
Report
Concluding observations
Ireland
Felice Gaer
Ana Racu
Second periodic report
(CAT/C/IRL/2)
CAT/C/IRL/CO/2
Panama
Jens Modvig
Claude Heller
Fourth periodic report
(CAT/C/PAN/4)
CAT/C/PAN/CO/4
Paraguay
Claude Heller
Essadia Belmir
Seventh periodic report
(CAT/C/PRY/7)
CAT/C/PRY/CO/7
37.
The reports considered by the Committee at its sixty-second session and the
concluding observations thereon are available from the Official Document System of the
United Nations (http://documents.un.org) under the symbols indicated below:
Party
Country rapporteurs
Report
Concluding observations
BosniaHerzegovina
Jens Modvig
Ana Racu
Sixth periodic report
(CAT/C/BIH/6)
CAT/C/BIH/CO/6
Bulgaria
Ana Racu
Kening Zhang
Sixth periodic report
(CAT/C/BGR/6)
CAT/C/BGR/CO/6
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