Reporting procedure
Under the Convention, each State Party must submit a report to the Commit- tee on measures taken to give effect to its undertakings under the Convention. The first report must be submitted within one year after the entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned. Thereafter, reports shall be sub- mitted every four years on subsequent developments. The Committee desig- nates a country rapporteur to undertake a detailed analysis of the report for consideration by the Committee. The Committee may also request further reports and additional information.

Enquiry procedure
If the Committee receives reliable information which it considers to be based on well-founded indications that “torture is being systematically practiced” in a State, the Committee is empowered to make a confidential inquiry.
If the Committee considers that the information gathered “warrants” further examination, it may designate one or more of its members to “make a confi- dential inquiry and to report to the Committee urgently”. The Committee then invites the State party concerned to cooperate in the inquiry. Accord- ingly, the Committee may request the State party to designate a representative to meet with the members of the Committee in order to provide the neces- sary information. The enquiry may also include, with the agreement of the State, a visit to the alleged site. After examining the findings of the inquiry, the Committee transmits them together with its comments and recommendation to the State party,  inviting it to indicate the action which it intends to take in