Initial reports to the Committee For the initial report, areas of particular interest to the Committee include the current legislative and institutional frameworks relevant to the prevention of torture and ill-treatment or punishment, any practical measures in place, as well as plans for how the State intends to implement UNCAT. Specific examples and statistics are useful to illustrate the implementation of UNCAT at the domestic level. When preparing initial reports, States may find that they can re-use information included in their reports under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) or to other treaty bodies when such information is directly relevant for UNCAT. TIMELINE FOR REPORTING STATE RATIFIES UNCAT INITIAL REPORT DUE First year Every four years PERIODIC REPORT DUE Common core document – for all treaty body reports To help streamline reporting, States submit one basic document to all treaty bodies, called the “common core document”, which sets out general and factual information about the State’s geography, demography, constitutional and legal framework, as well as the general framework for the protection and promotion of human rights. This information does not need to be repeated for reports to the Committee against Torture. Opting for the simplified reporting procedure States parties can now take advantage of a simplified reporting procedure introduced by the Committee to help States meet their reporting obligations. Under this procedure a list of issues is sent to a State party at least one year before their periodic report is due and the State’s written responses to the list is then considered to be their actual report. States that accept this procedure no longer need to submit both a report and written replies to a list of issues. The Committee may also offer this procedure to States with long overdue initial reports. THE SIMPLIFIED REPORTING CYCLE Procedure to follow up on implementation of the Committee's recommentations A report is no longer required  REPORT 01 05 LIST OF ISSUES The Commitee presents list of issues to the State party FOLLOW-UP 02 WRITTEN REPLIES The Committee issues its concluding observations on the report, including recommendations State Party submits written replies to list of issues 04 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS 03 DIALOGUE TOOL: Reporting to the UN Committee against Torture Constructive dialogue between the Committee and State party delegation during session of the Committee 2/9

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