A/67/44
Contents
Chapter
I.
Organizational and other matters ............................................................................
III.
Page
1–29
1
A.
States parties to the Convention .....................................................................
1–3
1
B.
Sessions of the Committee .............................................................................
4
1
C.
Membership and attendance at sessions .........................................................
5
1
D.
Solemn declaration by the newly elected members........................................
6
1
E.
Election of officers .........................................................................................
7
1
F.
Agendas ..........................................................................................................
8–9
2
G.
Participation of Committee members in other meetings.................................
10–11
2
H.
Oral report of the Chairperson to the General Assembly ...............................
12
4
I.
Activities of the Committee in connection with the Optional Protocol
to the Convention ...........................................................................................
13–14
4
Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day
in Support of Victims of Torture ....................................................................
15
4
K.
Informal meeting with the States parties to the Convention...........................
16
4
L.
Participation of non-governmental organizations...........................................
17–18
5
M.
Participation of national human rights institutions .........................................
19
5
N.
General comment on article 14 of the Convention .........................................
20–21
5
O.
Reporting guidelines.......................................................................................
22
5
P.
Decision of the Committee to request approval from the General Assembly
for additional meeting time in 2013 and 2014................................................
23–29
6
Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention ...........
30–43
7
A.
Invitation to submit periodic reports...............................................................
32–33
7
B.
Optional reporting procedure..........................................................................
34–38
7
C.
Preliminary evaluation of the optional reporting procedure ...........................
39–40
8
D.
Reminders for overdue initial reports .............................................................
41–42
8
E.
Examination of measures taken by a State party in the absence of a report ...
43
9
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19
of the Convention....................................................................................................
44–67
10
A.
Examination of reports submitted by States parties........................................
44–50
10
B.
Concluding observations on States parties’ reports ........................................
51–61
11
Belarus............................................................................................................
52
11
Bulgaria ..........................................................................................................
53
22
Djibouti...........................................................................................................
54
34
Germany .........................................................................................................
55
43
Madagascar.....................................................................................................
56
54
J.
II.
Paragraphs
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