CONTENTS (continued) Annexes I. Page States that have signed, ratified or acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as at 16 May 2008 ................................................................................................ 165 States parties that have declared, at the time of ratification or accession, that they do not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for by article 20 of the Convention, as at 16 May 2008 ................................................................................................ 170 States parties that have made the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, as at 16 May 2008 ................................ 171 IV. Membership of the Committee against Torture in 2008 ...................................... 174 V. Membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2008 .............. 175 VI. General comment No. 2 ........................................................................................ 176 VII. First annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ........................... 183 Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture ............................................. 201 IX. Overdue reports .................................................................................................... 203 X. Country rapporteurs and alternate rapporteurs for the reports of States parties considered by the Committee at its thirty-ninth and fortieth sessions (in order of examination) .................................................... 210 Decisions of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention ................................................................................................. 211 II. III. VIII. XI. A. Decisions on merits Communication No. 269/2005: Ali Ben Salem v. Tunisia .......................... 211 Communication No. 297/2006: Bachan Singh Sogi v. Canada .................. 224 Communication No. 299/2006: Jean Patrick Iya v. Switzerland ................ 238 Communication No. 293/2006: J.A.M.O. et al. v. Canada ......................... 245 Communication No. 301/2006: Z.K. v. Sweden .......................................... 256 v