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.......................................................................................................................... 12 III. IV. V. 2

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