A/67/44 Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Israel, New Zealand, Nicaragua, the Republic of Moldova, Slovakia, Spain and the Philippines. 36. At its forty-eighth session, the Committee adopted lists of issues prior to reporting with regard to 11 States parties that expressly accepted the invitation to submit their next report, due in 2013, under this procedure: Azerbaijan, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Israel, New Zealand, the Republic of Moldova, Slovakia, Spain and the Philippines. Nicaragua did not respond to the invitation. The updated information relating to the procedure is available from a dedicated webpage (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/ bodies/cat/reporting-procedure.htm). 37. At its forty-eighth session, the Committee decided, as regards reports due in 2014, to prepare lists of issues prior to reporting for the following States parties that had already accepted the procedure: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ecuador and Turkey. It further decided to invite the following States parties to report under this procedure for the reports due in 2014: Austria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, France, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen. 38. Finally, the Committee decided to send reminders to the following States parties indicating that it was expecting to receive their reports under this procedure, as they had accepted to report under it in 2010: Brazil, Hungary and Libya. It also decided to send a reminder to Saudi Arabia to accept to report under the procedure, following the previous invitation sent in 2010. C. Preliminary evaluation of the optional reporting procedure 39. At its forty-seventh and forty-eighth sessions, the Committee discussed its optional reporting procedure on the basis of the report it requested the secretariat to prepare4 on the status of the optional reporting procedure (CAT/C/47/2), which included information on new developments relating to the procedure and possible options for its revision. 40. Taking note of and expressing appreciation for the report of the secretariat, which also contained proposals for the next reporting cycle (2013–2016), the Committee decided to continue to discuss the evaluation of its optional reporting procedure during its next sessions. D. Reminders for overdue initial reports 41. Further to its decision to send reminders to all States parties whose initial reports were three or more years overdue, taken at its forty-first session, the Committee, at its forty-eighth session, decided to send reminders to all States parties whose initial reports are overdue: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Holy See, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Thailand and Timor-Leste. 42. The Committee drew the attention of these States parties to the fact that delays in reporting seriously hamper the implementation of the Convention in the States parties and the Committee in carrying out its function of monitoring such implementation. The Committee requested information on the progress made by these States parties regarding 4 8 Ibid., chap. I, para. 38. GE.12-44492

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