FoK Examination of the state reports The predominant activity is to examine the statements of account of the contracting states, in which they must state how they implemented the contract(Art. 19 FoK). The course of the examination is described in chap. 17 of the VerfO regulated. The states must submit an initial report to the committee within one year of the conclusion of the contract, followed by a periodic report about every four years thereafter. If a state does not submit a report, the committee notes this in its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly (Resolution 67 RMA). Due to the overloading of the committees, the Simplified Reporting Procedure was introduced by the UN General Assembly. If no material shortcomings have been identified at the time of the last review of a country report, the committee can now proceed with the simplified procedure, in which it issues to the contracting parties a list of issues before reporting (LOIPR). Replies to LOIs) are then considered as periodic state reports (Rule 66 RMA). Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and national human rights organizations (NHRIs) can also actively participate in the state reporting process and submit parallel reports to the state reports in order to show that the implementation of the civil pact by the contracting states is insufficient. In the process, gaps or errors in the state report can be clarified and deficits pointed out. The report review takes place in public meetings in which the committee examines whether the state party correctly implemented the Torture Convention and how it could remedy existing shortcomings (Rule 70 RMA). For the participation of third parties in the public hearing, an admission is required (English Accreditation). If a state fails to file a report despite being warned, the committee examines the implementation of the FoK based on the parallel reports submitted by the NGOs and NHRIs and notes this in its annual report to the UN General Assembly (Rule 67 RMA). If the committee determines during the audit that the state has failed to implement the agreement, it may submit proposals to remedy the deficiencies (Article 19 (3) FoK, Rule 71 of the VerfO). These proposals are called Concluding Observations. These proposals of the CCPR are not legally binding, implementation can not be enforced and only a follow-up procedure is foreseen, in which a rapporteur examines the implementation by the state (Rule 72 RMA). If