(a) Question of a draft optional protocol to the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Legislative authority: Commission resolutions, 1991/32, 1991/33,
1991/34, 1991/35, 1991/36, 1991/37, 1991/38, 1991/39, 1991/40, 1991/41,
1991/42, and 1991/43 and Commission decisions 1991/107 and 1991/108.
Documentation:
(a) Report of the Secretary-General on the operations of the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (paragraph 2 of
resolution 1991/33;
(b)
(c)
Report of the Sub-Commission on the implementation of resolution
1991/34 (paragraph 10);
Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (para. 7 of resolution 1991/35);
(d) Report of the Secretary-General on the operations of the
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (para. 6 of
resolution 1991/36);
(e) Updated report of the Secretary-General on the situation of
United Nations staff members, experts and their families detained,
imprisoned, missing or held in a country against their will, and on
the implementation of resolution 1991/37 (para. 7);
(£) Report of the Special Rapporteur appointed to examine questions
relevant to torture (para. 20 of resolution 1991/38);
(g)
(h)
(i)
Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary
Disappearances (para. 3 of resolution 1991/41);
Draft declaration on the protection of all persons from enforced or
involuntary disappearances (para. 24 of resolution 1991/41),
Comprehensive report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions
(para. 5 of resolution 1991/42).
(j)
Report of the two Special Rapporteurs on the right to a fair trial
(para. 4 of resolution 1991/43);
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(k) Annual report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights and states
of emergencies (decision 1991/108).