A/74/44 K. Implementation of retreat decisions on the working methods of the Committee 19. In follow-up to the decisions taken at its two-day retreat on working methods, held at its fifty-third session, the Committee undertook the following actions: (a) Ten States (Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Cabo Verde, Côte dʼIvoire, the Dominican Republic, Lesotho, Malawi, the Niger, Seychelles and Somalia) with longoverdue initial reports were offered the simplified reporting procedure (see sect. II. D); (b) A preliminary substantive evaluation of the simplified reporting procedure (see sect. II. B) was started; (c) adopted; Guidelines for follow-up to concluding observations (CAT/C/55/3) were (d) The contribution and participation of national human rights institutions, national preventive mechanisms and non-governmental organizations in the Committee’s sessions was improved (see sect. I. G and H), including using new communication technologies, such as Skype and videoconferences; (e) A working group on individual complaints was established so as to enable the Committee to apprehend fully the internal processes of the individual complaints procedure, and an intersessional working group on communications was set up to make recommendations to the Committee on draft decisions of inadmissibility and discontinuances; (f) Guidelines on the receipt and handling of allegations of reprisals against individuals and organizations cooperating with the Committee (see sect. I. I) were adopted. L. Participation of Committee members in other meetings 20. During the period under consideration, Committee members actively participated in several meetings, as follows: (a) A round table entitled “Deprivation of liberty and armed conflicts: exploring realities and remedies”, organized by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law and held in San Remo, Italy, from 6 to 8 September 2018, was attended by Abdelwahab Hani, Ms. Racu and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov; (b) A forum to analyse the implementation of the general law for the prevention, investigation and sanction of torture in Mexico one year after its approval, organized by the national human rights institution and national preventive mechanism and the Association for the Prevention of Torture and held in Mexico City on 14 September 2018, was attended by Mr. Heller Rouassant; (c) A training session for State officials of Belarus on reporting to the treaty bodies and the national mechanism for reporting and follow-up, organized by OHCHR and held in Minsk in mid-September 2018, was attended by Ms. Racu; (d) An international colloquium on the right to access constitutional justice and challenges of a posteriori constitutional control, held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 27 and 28 September 2018, was attended by Essadia Belmir; (e) An international conference entitled “The Ombudsman Institution in Moldova: 20 years of activity”, held in Moldova in mid-October 2018, was attended by Ms. Racu; (f) An expert seminar on domestic engagement and the 2020 treaty body review, held in Oslo on 17 and 18 October 2018, was attended by Mr. Modvig; (g) The Nuremberg Forum 2018, on the theme of the twentieth anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, held in Nuremberg, Germany, from 18 to 20 October 2018, was attended by Mr. Tuzmukhamedov; 4