Report of the Committee against Torture, 41st session (3-21 November 2008); 42nd session (27 April-15 May 2009)

Annexes (p. 218-392): 1. States that have signed, ratified or acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as at 15 May 2009 -- 2. States parties that have declared, at the time of ratification or accession, that they do not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for by article 20 of the Convention, as at 15 May 2009 -- 3. States parties that have made the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, as at 15 May 2009 -- 4. Membership of the Committee against Torture in 2009 -- 5. States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as of 31 March 2009 -- 6. Membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2009 -- 7. Second annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 8. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture -- 9. Statement of the Committee on the adoption of its concluding observations -- 10. Decision of the Committee to request approval from the General Assembly at its 64th session for additional meeting time in 2010 and 2011 -- 11. Overdue reports -- 12. Country rapporteurs and alternate rapporteurs for the reports of States parties considered by the Committee at its 41st and 42nd sessions -- 13. Decisions of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention.