COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTUREThirty-ninth sessionGeneva, 5 – 23 November 2007
PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND ANNOTATIONS
Note by the Secretary-General
1.The thirty- ninthsession of the Committee against Torture will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson) from 5 – 23 November 2007. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 5 November, at 10.30 a.m.
2.In accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure, the Secretary-General has prepared, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee, the attached provisional agenda for the session. Annotations to the provisional agenda are also attached.
3.Pursuant to rule 31 of the rules of procedure, the meetings of the Committee will be held in public unless the Committee decides otherwise or it appears from the relevant provisions of the Convention that the meetings should be held in private.
4.The attention of the States parties is drawn, in particular, to the annotations to item 5, which contains the tentative timetable for the consideration of reports. In accordance with rule 66 of the rules of procedure, representatives of States parties are invited to attend the meetings of the Committee when their reports are examined.
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Provisional agenda
1.Opening of the session by the representative of the Secretary-General.
2.Adoption of the agenda.
3.Organizational and other matters.
4.Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention.
5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention.
6.Consideration of information under article 20 of the Convention.
7.Consideration of communications under article 22 of the Convention.
Annotations
1. Opening of the session by the representative of the Secretary-General
The thirty-ninth session of the Committee will be opened by the representative of the Secretary‑General.
2. Adoption of the agenda
Under rule 8 of the rules of procedure, the first item on the agenda of any session shall be the adoption of the agenda. In accordance with rule 9, during a session the Committee may revise the agenda and may, as appropriate, defer or delete items; only urgent and important items may be added to the agenda.
3. Organizational and other matters
Under this item, the Committee may wish to consider its programme of work for the session, working methods and any other matter concerning the modalities of discharging its functions under the Convention.
4. Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention
A. Reports received
In addition to the reports which are scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its thirty-ninth session, the Secretary‑General had received, by 29 October 2007, the reports of the following States parties:
Initial Reports
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Second periodic reports |
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BelgiumBeninIndonesiaKazakhstanLatvia |
CAT/C/BEL/2CAT/C/38/Add.3CAT/C/72/Add.1CAT/C/KAZ/2CAT/C/38/Add.4 |
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LithuaniaThe former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaZambiaEl Salvador |
CAT/C/LTU/2CAT/C/MKD/2CAT/C/ZMB/2 CAT/C/SLV/2 |
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Third periodic reports |
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AlgeriaChinaAustraliaIcelandUzbekistan |
CAT/C/DZA/3CAT/C/CHN/3CAT/C/44/Add.8CAT/C/ISL/3CAT/C/44/Add.8 |
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Azerbaijan |
CAT/C/AZE/3 |
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Fourth periodic reports |
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IsraelEstoniaPortugal |
CAT/C/ISR/4CAT/C/80/Add.1CAT/C/67/Add.6 |
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Fifth periodic reports |
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ChileNew ZealandNorwaySweden |
CAT/C/CHL/5CAT/C/NZL/5CAT/C/81/Add.4CAT/C/SWE/5 |
B. Reports due
The situation with regard to overdue reports as at 29 October 2007 is as follows:
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5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19of the Convention
A tentative timetable for the consideration of reports at the thirty-ninth session is given below:
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Thursday, 8 November |
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10 a.m. |
Latvia: Second periodic report |
CAT/C/38/Add.4 |
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Friday, 9 November |
Uzbekistan: third periodic report |
CAT/C/UZB/3 |
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10 a.m. |
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3 p.m. |
Latvia: replies |
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Monday, 12 November |
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10 a.m. |
Norway: fifth periodic report |
CAT/C/81/Add.4 |
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3 p.m. |
Uzbekistan: replies |
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Tuesday, 13 November |
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10 a.m. |
Estonia: fourth periodic report |
CAT/C/81/Add.4 |
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3 p.m. |
Norway:replies |
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Wednesday, 14 November |
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10. a.m. |
Portugal: fourth periodic report |
CAT/C/67/Add.6 |
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3 p.m. |
Estonia: replies |
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Thursday, 15 November |
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10 a.m. |
Benin: second periodic report |
CAT/C/BEN/2 |
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3 p.m. |
Portugal: replies |
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Friday, 16 November |
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3 p.m. |
Benin: replies |
6. Consideration of information under article 20 of the Convention
In accordance with the provisions of chapter XVII of its rules of procedure, under this item the Committee will consider information which is, or appears to be, submitted for its consideration under article 20 of the Convention.
In accordance with the provisions of article 20, paragraph 5, of the Convention and rules 72 and 73 of the rules of procedure, all documents and proceedings of the Committee relating to its functions under article 20 of the Convention shall be confidential and all the meetings concerning its proceedings under that article shall be closed.
7. Consideration of communications under article 22 of the Convention
In accordance with the provisions of chapter XIX of its rules of procedure, under this item the Committee will consider communications which are, or appear to be, submitted to it under article 22 of the Convention.
In accordance with article 22, paragraph 6, of the Convention and rule 101, paragraph 1, of the rules of procedure, meetings of the Committee or its subsidiary bodies during which communications under article 22 of the Convention are examined shall be closed.
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