UNITED NATIONS

CAT

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Distr.

GENERAL

CAT/C/41/1

27 October 2008

Original: ENGLISH

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTUREForty-first sessionGeneva, 3-21 November 2008

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND ANNOTATIONS

Note by the Secretary-General

1.The forty-first session of the Committee against Torture will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson) from 3 to 21 November 2008. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 3 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.

GE.08-44762Provisional 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 forty-first 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 forty-first session, the Secretary‑General had received, by 1 October 2008, the reports of the following States parties, which are pending consideration:

Initial reports

Chad

CAT/C/TCD/1

Honduras

CAT/C/HON/1

Nicaragua

CAT/C/NIC/1

Second periodic reports

El Salvador

Republic of Moldova

Philippines

Slovakia

Yemen

CAT/C/SLV/2

CAT/C/MDA/2

CAT/C/PHI/2

CAT/C/SLO/2

CAT/C/YEM/2

Third periodic reports

Azerbaijan

CAT/C/AZE/3

Fourth periodic reports

ColombiaIsrael

CAT/C/COL/4CAT/C/ISR/4

Fifth periodic reports

ChileNew Zealand

Spain

CAT/C/CHL/5CAT/C/NZL/5CAT/C/SPN/5

Sixth periodic reports

FranceSwitzerland

CAT/C/FRA/6CAT/C/CHE/6

B. Reports due

The situation with regard to overdue reports as at 1 October 2008 is as follows:

State party

Date in which the report was due

Revised date*

Initial reports

Guinea

8 November 1990

Somalia

22 February 1991

Seychelles

3 June 1993

Cape Verde

3 July 1993

Antigua and Barbuda

17 August 1994

Ethiopia

12 April 1995

Côte d’Ivoire

16 January 1997

Malawi

10 July 1997

Bangladesh

4 November 1999

Niger

3 November 1999

Burkina Faso

2 February 2000

Mali

27 March 2000

Turkmenistan

25 July 2000

Mozambique

14 October 2000

Ghana

6 October 2001

Botswana

7 October 2001

Gabon

7 October 2001

Lebanon

3 November 2001

Sierra Leone

25 May 2002

Nigeria

28 June 2002

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

30 August 2002

Lesotho

11 December 2002

Mongolia

23 February 2003

Ireland

11 May 2003

Holy See

25 July 2003

Equatorial Guinea

6 November 2003

Djibouti

5 December 2003

Timor‑Leste

16 May 2004

Congo

30 August 2004

Swaziland

25 April 2005

Maldives

20 May 2005

Syrian Arab Republic

18 September 2005

Liberia

22 October 2005

Mauritania

17 December 2005

Madagascar

13 January 2007

Andorra

22 October 2007

San Marino

27 December 2007

Second periodic reports

Afghanistan

25 June 1992

Belize

25 June 1992

Uganda

25 June 1992

[25 June 2008]

Togo

17 December 1992

[17 December 2008]

Guyana

17 June 1993

[31 December 2008]

Brazil

27 October 1994

Guinea

8 November 1994

Somalia

22 February 1995

Romania

16 January 1996

Jordan

12 December 1996

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 March 1997

[5 March 2009]

Seychelles

3 June 1997

Cape Verde

3 July 1997

Cambodia

13 November 1997

Burundi

19 March 1998

[31 December 2008]

Antigua and Barbuda

17 August 1998

Ethiopia

12 April 1999

Albania

9 June 1999

[9 June 2007]

Namibia

27 December 1999

Tajikistan

9 February 2000

[31 December 2008]

Cuba

15 June 2000

Chad

9 July 2000

Côte d’Ivoire

16 January 2001

Democratic Republic of the Congo

16 April 2001

[16 April 2009]

Kuwait

6 April 2001

Malawi

10 July 2002

Honduras

3 January 2002

Kenya

22 March 2002

Kyrgyzstan

4 October 2002

Saudi Arabia

21 October 2002

Bahrain

4 April 2003

[4 April 2007]

Bangladesh

3 November 2003

Niger

3 November 2003

South Africa

8 January 2004

[31 December 2009]

Burkina Faso

2 February 2004

Qatar

10 February 2004

[10 February 2005]

Mali

27 March 2004

Bolivia

11 May 2004

Turkmenistan

24 July 2004

Japan

29 July 2004

[30 June 2011]

Mozambique

13 October 2004

Lebanon

5 October 2005

Botswana

7 October 2005

Gabon

8 October 2005

Ghana

18 December 2005

Sierra Leone

25 May 2006

Nigeria

28 July 2006

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

31 August 2006

Lesotho

12 December 2006

Mongolia

23 February 2007

Ireland

11 May 2007

Holy See

25 July 2007

Equatorial Guinea

6 November 2007

Djibouti

5 December 2007

Timor‑Leste

16 May 2008

Congo

30 August 2008

Third periodic reports

Afghanistan

25 June 1996

Belize

25 June 1996

Philippines

25 June 1996

Senegal

25 June 1996

Uruguay

25 June 1996

Turkey

31 August 1997

[31 August 2005]

Tunisia

22 October 1997

[30 November 1999]

Brazil

27 October 1998

Guinea

8 November 1998

Somalia

22 February 1999

Malta

12 October 1999

[1 December 2000]

Liechtenstein

1 December 1999

Romania

16 January 2000

Nepal

12 June 2000

[12 June 2008]

Serbia

3 September 2000

Yemen

4 December 2000

Jordan

12 December 2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 March 2001

[5 March 2009]

Benin

10 April 2001

[30 December 2011]

Seychelles

3 June 2001

Cape Verde

3 July 2001

Cambodia

13 November 2001

Mauritius

7 January 2002

Slovakia

27 May 2002

Antigua and Barbuda

17 August 2002

Armenia

12 October 2002

Costa Rica

10 December 2002

Sri Lanka

1 February 2003

[1 February 2007]

Ethiopia

12 April 2003

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

11 December 2003

[30 June 2012]

Namibia

27 December 2003

Republic of Korea

7 February 2004

[ 7 February 2012]

Cuba

15 June 2004

Chad

9 July 2004

Côte d’Ivoire

16 January 2005

Lithuania

1 March 2005

Kuwait

5 April 2005

Democratic Republic of the Congo

16 April 2005

[16 April 2009]

El Salvador

16 July 2005

Honduras

3 January 2006

Kenya

22 March 2006

Malawi

10 July 2006

Slovenia

14 August 2006

Kyrgyzstan

4 October 2006

Saudi Arabia

20 October 2006

Bahrain

4 April 2007

[4 April 2007]

Bangladesh

3 November 2007

Niger

3 November 2007

South Africa

8 January 2008

[31 December 2009]

Burkina Faso

2 February 2008

Qatar

10 February 2008

[10 February 2005]

Mali

27 March 2008

Bolivia

11 May 2008

Turkmenistan

24 July 2008

Japan

29 July 2008

[30 June 2011]

Fourth periodic reports

Afghanistan

25 June 2000

Belarus

25 June 2000

Belize

25 June 2000

Philippines

25 June 2000

Senegal

25 June 2000

Uruguay

25 June 2000

Austria

27 August 2000

[31 December 2008]

Panama

22 September 2000

Ecuador

28 April 2001

[28 April 2009]

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

14 June 2002

Algeria

11 October 2002

[20 June 2012]

Brazil

27 October 2002

Guinea

8 November 2002

Somalia

22 February 2003

Paraguay

10 April 2003

Tunisia

22 October 2003

Liechtenstein

1 December 2003

Romania

16 January 2004

Nepal

12 June 2004

[12 June 2008]

Bulgaria

25 June 2004

[25 June 2008]

Cameroon

25 June 2004

Cyprus

16 August 2004

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

20 August 2004

Croatia

7 October 2004

[7 October 2008]

Serbia

3 September 2004

Yemen

4 December 2004

Jordan

12 December 2004

Monaco

4 January 2005

[4 January 2009]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5 March 2005

[5 March 2009]

Cape Verde

3 July 2005

Cambodia

13 November 2005

Czech Republic

31 December 2005

[31 December 2009]

Mauritius

7 January 2006

Slovakia

27 May 2006

Morocco

20 July 2006

Antigua and Barbuda

17 August 2006

Costa Rica

10 December 2006

Sri Lanka

1 February 2007

[1 February 2007]

Ethiopia

12 April 2007

Namibia

27 December 2007

Republic of Korea

7 February 2008

[7 February 2012]

Cuba

15 June 2008

Chad

9 July 2008

Fifth periodic reports

Afghanistan

25 June 2004

Argentina

25 June 2004

[25 June 2008]

Belarus

25 June 2004

Belize

25 June 2004

Egypt

25 June 2004

Hungary

25 June 2004

[31 December 2010]

Mexico

25 June 2004

[31 December 2010]

Philippines

25 June 2004

Russian Federation

25 June 2004

[31 December 2010]

Senegal

25 June 2004

Uruguay

25 June 2004

Austria

27 August 2004

[31 December 2008]

Panama

27 September 2004

Colombia

6 January 2005

Ecuador

25 April 2005

[28 April 2009]

Greece

4 November 2005

[4 November 2009]

China

2 November 2005

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

14 June 2006

United States of America

19 November 2005

[19 November 2011]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 January 2006

[6 January 2008]

Finland

28 September 2006

[28 September 2010]

Brazil

27 October 2006

Guinea

8 November 2006

Somalia

22 February 2007

Paraguay

10 April 2007

Tunisia

22 October 2007

Liechtenstein

1 December 2007

Romania

16 January 2008

Nepal

12 June 2008

[12 June 2008]

Bulgaria

25 June 2008

[25 June 2008]

Cameroon

25 June 2008

Cyprus

16 August 2008

Venezuela

20 August 2008

Sixth periodic reports

Afghanistan

25 June 2008

Argentina

25 June 2008

[25 June 2008]

Belarus

25 June 2008

Belize

25 June 2008

Egypt

25 June 2008

Hungary

25 June 2008

[31 December 2010]

Mexico

25 June 2008

[31 December 2010]

Philippines

25 June 2008

Russian Federation

25 June 2008

[31 December 2010]

Senegal

25 June 2008

Uruguay

25 June 2008

Austria

27 August 2008

[31 December 2008]

Panama

27 September 2008

5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19of the Convention

A tentative timetable for the consideration of reports at the forty-first session is given below:

Tuesday, 4 November

10 a.m.

Lithuania: second periodic report

CAT/C/LTU/2

Wednesday, 5 November

10. a.m.

Serbia: initial report

CAT/C/SRB/1

  3 p.m.

Lithuania: replies

Thursday, 6 November

10 a.m.

Kazakhstan: second periodic report

CAT/C/KAZ/2

  3 p.m.

Serbia: replies

Friday, 7 November

10 a.m.

China, including Hong Kong and Macao SARs: fourth periodic reports

CAT/C/CHN/4

CAT/C/HKG/4

CAT/C/MAC/4

  3 p.m.

Kazakhstan: replies

Monday, 10 November

10 a.m.

China, including Hong Kong and Macao SARs: replies

Tuesday, 11 November

10 a.m.

Montenegro: initial report

CAT/C/MNE/1

Wednesday, 12 November

10. a.m.

Belgium: second periodic report

CAT/C/BEL/2

  3 p.m.

Montenegro: replies

Thursday, 13 November

10 a.m.

Kenya: initial report

CAT/C/KEN/1

  3 p.m.

Belgium: replies

Friday, 16 November

  10 a.m.

Kenya: 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.

-----