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Report of the Committee Against Torture A/66/44* United Nations Report of the Committee against Torture Forty-fifth session (1–19 November 2010) Forty-sixth session (9 May–3 June 2011) General Assembly Official Records Sixty-sixth session Supplement No. 44 (A/66/44) A/66/44* General Assembly Official Records Sixty-sixth session Supplement No. 44 (A/66/44) Report of the Committee against Torture Forty-fifth session (1–19 November 2010) Forty-sixth session (9 May–3 June 2011) United Nations • New York, 2011 * Reissued for technical reasons on 12 September 2012. Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. A/66/44* Contents Chapter Paragraphs Page I. Organizational and other matters ........................................................................... 1–24 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. Agendas.......................................................................................................... 6–7 1 E. Participation of Committee members in other meetings................................. 8–10 1 F. Oral report of the Chairperson to the General Assembly ............................... 11 2 G. Activities of the Committee in connection with the Optional Protocol to the Convention .............................................................. 12–13 2 H. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture ....................................... 14 3 I. Informal meeting with the States parties to the Convention........................... 15 3 J. Participation of non-governmental organizations........................................... 16–17 3 K. Participation of national human rights institutions ......................................... 18 3 L. Rules of procedure.......................................................................................... 19 3 M. Reporting guidelines....................................................................................... 20 4 N. General Assembly resolution 65/204.............................................................. 21–23 4 O. Examination of reports ................................................................................... 24 4 II. Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention........... 25–40 5 A. Invitation to submit periodic reports............................................................... 27 5 B. Optional reporting procedure.......................................................................... 28–35 5 C. Preliminary evaluation of the optional reporting procedure ........................... 36–38 7 D. Reminders for overdue initial reports............................................................. 39–40 7 III. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention.................................................................................... 41–61 9 A. Examination of reports submitted by States parties........................................ 41–46 9 B. Concluding observations on States parties’ reports........................................ 47–61 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina................................................................................. 48 10 Cambodia........................................................................................................ 49 19 Ecuador........................................................................................................... 50 32 Ethiopia .......................................................................................................... 51 41 Mongolia ........................................................................................................ 52 54 Turkey ............................................................................................................ 53 63 Finland............................................................................................................ 54 74 GE.12-45749 (E) 120912 iii A/66/44* Ghana ............................................................................................................. 55 81 Ireland............................................................................................................. 56 91 Kuwait ............................................................................................................ 57 100 Mauritius ........................................................................................................ 58 107 Monaco........................................................................................................... 59 114 Slovenia.......................................................................................................... 60 117 Turkmenistan.................................................................................................. 61 124 IV. Follow-up to concluding observations on States parties’ reports............................ 62–78 137 V. Activities of the Committee under article 20 of the Convention............................. 79–83 149 VI. Consideration of complaints under article 22 of the Convention............................ 84–123 150 A. Introduction .................................................................................................... 84–88 150 B. Interim measures of protection....................................................................... 89–93 150 C. Progress of work............................................................................................. 94–116 151 D. Follow-up activities........................................................................................ 117–123 158 VII. Future meetings of the Committee.......................................................................... 124–125 203 VIII. Adoption of the annual report of the Committee on its activities ........................... 126 204 Annexes I. States that have signed, ratified or acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as at 3 June 2011................... 205 II. 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 3 June 2011.................................................................................................... 211 III. States parties that have made the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, as at 3 June 2011 .............................................................. 212 IV. Membership of the Committee against Torture in 2011 .................................................................. 215 V. States parties that have signed, ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as of 3 June 2011 ..................................................................................................... 216 VI. Membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2011 .......................................... 219 VII. Fourth annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ...................................................... 221 VIII. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture......................................................................... 249 IX. Rules of procedure ........................................................................................................................... 251 X. Overdue reports, as at 3 June 2011 .................................................................................................. 288 A. Initial reports ........................................................................................................................... 288 B. Periodic reports........................................................................................................................ 289 iv GE.12-45749 A/66/44* XI. Country Rapporteurs and alternate Rapporteurs for the reports of States parties considered by the Committee at its forty-fifth and forty-sixth sessions........................................... 299 XII. Decisions of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention ............................ 300 A. Decisions on merits ................................................................................................................. 300 Communication No. 310/2007: Chahin v. Sweden.................................................................. 300 Communication No. 319/2007: Singh v. Canada.................................................................... 314 Communication No. 333/2007: T.I. v. Canada........................................................................ 324 Communication No. 336/2008: Singh Khalsa et al. v. Switzerland......................................... 331 Communication No. 338/2008: Mondal v. Sweden ................................................................. 340 Communication No. 339/2008: Amini v. Denmark
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