The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is a treaty body of human rights experts that monitors implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture by state parties. The committee is one of eight UN-linked human rights treaty bodies. All state parties are obliged under the convention to submit regular reports to the CAT on how rights are being implemented. Upon ratifying the convention, states must submit a report within one year, after which they are obliged to report every four years. The committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the state party in the form of "concluding observations." Under certain circumstances, the CAT may consider complaints or communications from individuals claiming that their rights under the convention have been violated. The CAT usually meets in April/May and November each year in Geneva. Members are elected to four-year terms by state parties and can be re-elected if nominated. Tasks and activities Ratifications In their ratification of the agreement, the states had to expressly agree to the state and individual complaints procedure, the examination procedure and the intern. The court had to expressly refuse them if they did not agree, such as, for example, Poland. None of these states has created the independent investigation and complaints office, which means that there is no effective remedy for torture. Rules of Procedure of the CAT In order to carry out its duties as defined in Part II FoC, the committee established a Rules of Procedure (VerfO) governing the organization, procedures and responsibilities of the committee (Article 18 (2) FoK). It is also based on the Addis Ababa directive on the independence and impartiality of UN treaty bodies. It consists of 2 parts, Part I. General Provisions and Part II. Provisions relating to the tasks of the committee. It is further subdivided into 19 chapters and contains 121 rules (version /C/3/Rev.6). These are numbered and in a revision of the VerfO the rules get new numbers. In the revision on February 21, 2011, in Chap. 17 and 21 introduced a follow-up procedure to review the implementation of the committee's recommendations, stating that states ignored its recommendations. The relevant chapters of the VerfO are: Cape. 17. Reports of the Contracting States pursuant to Art. 19 FoK Cape. 19. Investigation procedure under Art. 20 FoK Cape. 20. Treatment of state complaints under Art. 21 FoK Cape. 21. Examination of individual complaints under Art. 22