The present report was prepared pursuant to article 5 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, which states that the Committee will hold closed meetings when examining communications under the Optional Protocol and, after examining a communication, will forward its suggestions and recommendations, if any, to the State party concerned and to the petitioner. The report is also prepared in line with rule 75, paragraph 7, of the rules of procedure of the Committee, which stipulates that the Special Rapporteur or working group will regularly report to the Committee on follow-up activities, to ascertain the measures to be taken by States parties to give effect to the Committee’s Views.
The present report sets out the information received by the Special Rapporteur for follow-up on Views between the twenty-second and twenty-third sessions pursuant to the Committee’s rules of procedure, and her recommendations to the Committee. The assessment criteria were as follows: