A/72/44 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 also accepted the simplified reporting procedure. E. Request for a special report 35. At its fifty-sixth session, in conformity with article 19 (1) of the Convention, and on the basis of information provided by the United Nations — such as the reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Adviser of the SecretaryGeneral on the Prevention of Genocide to the United Nations Security Council — and civil society organizations, the Committee decided to request that Burundi submit to it a special report on the following: (a) the measures taken by the State party to investigate reliable and numerous sources of information on summary executions, including political assassinations, arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment and torture in 2015 against members of opposition political parties, journalists, human rights defenders and their families and any other persons perceived to be supportive of the opposition, including information on whether any investigations led to the prosecution of security forces members or any other officials and individuals, and their outcome; (b) the progress of any investigations into the armed attack perpetrated in August 2015 against Pierre Claver Mbonimpa and the abduction and murder in November 2015 of his son, Welly Nzitonda; (c) the measures taken by the State party to investigate reliable and numerous sources of information on torture by members of the National Intelligence Service at its compound near Bujumbura cathedral, including information on whether any investigations had led to the prosecution of National Intelligence Service members and their outcome; (d) the measures taken by the State party to investigate reliable and numerous sources of information on killings and torture perpetrated by members of the Imbonerakure youth group against persons perceived to be supportive of the opposition, including during an incident on 3 October 2015 in Cibitoke, including information on whether any investigations had led to the prosecution of Imbonerakure members and their outcome; and (e) the measures taken by the State party to implement the Committee’s recommendations contained in its concluding observations of 2014 (CAT/C/BDI/CO/2) under the follow-up procedure. 36. Burundi submitted its special report on 30 June 2016, which the Committee considered at its fifty-eighth session. However, for the first time since the establishment of the Committee, the delegation did not attend the second half of the dialogue, arguing that the review was based on non-governmental organization reports that had not been shared, that it went beyond the issues covered in the special report, and that the Committee had not allowed the delegation sufficient time to reply. The Committee dismissed those accusations, while providing the State party with the opportunity to submit its written replies and stressing its wish to continue the dialogue. On 12 October 2016, Burundi submitted its follow-up replies (see sect. IV). III. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention 37. At its fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and sixtieth 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 fifty-ninth session, the Committee considered the country situation of Cabo Verde in the absence of a report and adopted concluding observations (see sect. II. D). 8