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Committee Against Torture

Sessions

The Committee Against Torture convenes twice year for sessions of three weeks' duration, normally in May and November at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Note: Schedules are subject to change without notice

No.
Dates
State Reports
Chile, Slovakia, New Zealand, Israel
China Macao and Hong Kong, Kazhastan, Lithuania, Serbia, Montenegro, Kenya, Belgium
Australia, Sweden, Iceland, Algeria, Indonesia, Zambia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Costa Rica
Norway, Estonia, Portugal, Benin, Uzbekistan, Latvia,
Hungary, Russian Federation, Mexico, Guyana, Burundi, South Africa, Tajikistan
Guatemala, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Georgia, Republic of Korea, Togo, United States of America
Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Albania, Bahrain, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Togo, Uganda,
Argentina, Greece, United Kingdom
Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Monaco, New Zealand
Cameroon, Cambodia, Colombia, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Yemen
Azerbaijan, Belgium, Iceland, Moldova, Slovenia, Turkey
Belgium, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Slovenia, Spain, Venezuela
Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Uzbekistan
Benin, Indonesia, Israel, Ukraine, Zambia
30 April-18 May 2001
Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Greece, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia
13-24 November 2000
Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Cameroon, Canada, Guatemala
1-19 May 2000
China, El Salvador, Netherlands/Netherlands Antilles/Aruba, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, United States of America
8-19 November 1999
Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Peru, Uzbekistan
26 April -14 May 1999 
Bulgaria, Egypt, Italy, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Morocco, FYR Macedonia, Venezuela
9-20 November 1998
Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
4-22 May 1998
France, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Kuwait, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka
10-21 November 1997 
Argentina, Cuba, Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
28 April - 9 May 1997
Denmark, Israel, Mexico, Namibia, Paraguay, Sweden, Ukraine
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* Review Procedure: Overdue report: consideration of country situation in the absence of a State report.

 
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