Guinea
New Zealand
Guatemala
Somalia
Paraguay
8 November 2002
8 January 2003
3 February 2003
22 February 2003
10 April 2003
23.The Committee expressed concern at the number of States parties which did not comply with their reporting obligations and
asked two of its members, Mr. Mariño and Mr. Rasmussen, to look into ways and means of facilitating the submission of overdue
reports. The two members sent reminders to States whose initial reports were overdue by five years or more and met informally with
representatives of a number of them.
III.CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIESUNDER ARTICLE
19 OF THE CONVENTION
24.At its twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions, the Committee considered reports submitted by 12 States parties under article 19,
paragraph 1, of the Convention. The following reports were before the Committee at its twenty-ninth session:
Cyprus: third periodic reportCAT/C/54/Add.2
Egypt: fourth periodic reportCAT/C/55/Add.6
Estonia: initial reportCAT/C/16/Add.9
Spain: fourth periodic reportCAT/C/55/Add.5
Venezuela: second periodic reportCAT/C/33/Add.5
25.The following reports were before the Committee at its thirtieth session:
Azerbaijan: second periodic reportCAT/C/59/Add.1
Belgium: initial reportCAT/C/52/Add.2
Cambodia: initial reportCAT/C/21/Add.5
Iceland: second periodic reportCAT/C/59/Add.2
Slovenia: second periodic reportCAT/C/43/Add.4
Turkey: second periodic reportCAT/C/20/Add.8
26.In accordance with rule 66 of the rules of procedure of the Committee, representatives of all the reporting States were invited to
attend the meetings of the Committee when their reports were examined. With the exception of Cambodia, all of the States parties
whose reports were considered sent representatives to participate in the examination of their respective reports.
27.Country rapporteurs and alternate rapporteurs were designated for each of the reports considered. The list appears in annex V to
the present report.
28.In connection with its consideration of reports, the Committee also had before it the following documents:
(a)General guidelines regarding the form and contents of initial reports to be submitted by States parties under article 19, paragraph
1, of the Convention (CAT/C/4/Rev.2);
(b)General guidelines regarding the form and contents of periodic reports to be submitted by States parties under article 19 of the
Convention (CAT/C/14/Rev.1).
29.The following sections contain the text of conclusions and recommendations adopted by the Committee with respect to the abovementioned States parties’ reports.
CYPRUS
30.The Committee considered the third periodic report of Cyprus (CAT/C/54/Add.2) at its 536th and 539th meetings, held on 15
and 18 November 2002 (CAT/C/SR.536 and 539), and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations.
A. Introduction
31.The Committee welcomes the submission of the third periodic report of Cyprus, which was submitted on time and is generally in
conformity with the Committee’s guidelines for the preparation of periodic reports. It also welcomes the additional written and oral
information provided by the delegation. The Committee commends the way in which the State party has addressed its previous
recommendations.
B. Positive aspects