COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE

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ANNEX VI*


AMENDED RULES OF PROCEDURE

The text of rules 17 and 84, amended by the Committee during its fifteenth session, reads
as follows:


Position of the Chairman in relation to the Committee

Rule 17

1. The Chairman shall perform the functions conferred upon him by the Committee and by
these rules of procedure. In exercising his functions as Chairman, the Chairman shall remain
under the authority of the Committee.

2. Between sessions, at times when it is not possible or practical to convene a special session 
of the Committee in accordance with rule 3, the Chairman is authorized to take action to 
promote compliance with the Convention on the Committee's behalf if he receives information 
which leads him to believe that it is necessary to do so. The Chairman shall report on the 
action taken to the Commitee at its following session at the latest.

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Summary account of the results of the proceedings

Rule 84

1. After all the proceedings of the Committee regarding an inquiry made under article 20 of
the Convention have been completed, the Committee may decide, after consultations with
the State party concerned, to include a summary account of the results of the proceedings in
its annual report made in accordance with article 24 of the Convention.

2. The Committee shall invite the State party concerned, through the Secretary-General, to
inform the Committee directly or through its designated representative of its observations 
concerning the question of a possible publication of a summary account of the results of the 
proceedings relating to the inquiry, and may indicate a time-limit within which the observations 
of the State party should be communicated to the Committee.

3. If it decides to include a summary account of the results of the proceedings relating to an 
inquiry in its annual report, the Committee shall forward, through the Secretary-General, the 
text of the summary account to the State party concerned.



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* The Committee decided to postpone consideration of this item to its seventeenth session, in 
November 1996.