CAT/C/60/3
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
3
II.
Year in review ...............................................................................................................................
3
A.
Participation in the Optional Protocol system.......................................................................
3
B.
Organizational and membership issues .................................................................................
3
C.
Visits conducted during the reporting period ........................................................................
4
D.
Dialogue arising from visits, including publication of the Subcommittee’s reports
by States parties and national preventive mechanisms .........................................................
5
E.
Developments concerning national preventive mechanisms ................................................
5
F.
Special Fund established under the Optional Protocol .........................................................
7
Engagement with other bodies in the field of torture prevention ..................................................
7
A.
International cooperation ......................................................................................................
7
B.
Regional cooperation ............................................................................................................
8
C.
Civil society ..........................................................................................................................
8
Issues of note arising from the work of the Subcommittee during the period under review .........
8
A.
Elections ...............................................................................................................................
8
B.
Development of working practices .......................................................................................
8
Reflections on the year under review ............................................................................................
10
A.
Tenth anniversary of the Optional Protocol ..........................................................................
10
B.
Concerns about cooperation..................................................................................................
10
C.
Compliance with article 17 of the Optional Protocol............................................................
11
D.
Looking forward ...................................................................................................................
11
E.
Plan of work..........................................................................................................................
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III.
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V.
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