2. The Secretary to the Commission shall send to States Parties the Guidelines on State Reports.
Rule 74 Transmission of State Reports
1. Upon receipt of a State Report, the Secretary shall upload the Report on the Commission's website and
indicate when the Report will be examined by the Commission.
2. Institutions, organisations or any interested party wishing to contribute to the examination of the Report
and the human rights situation in the country concerned, shall send their contributions, including shadow
reports, to the Secretary at least 60 days prior to the examination of the Report.
3. The Secretary may also invite specific institutions to submit information relating to the state report within
a time limit that he/she may specify.
Rule 75 Consideration of Reports
1. The Chairperson of the Commission shall, through the Secretary inform States Parties of the opening
date and venue of the Session at which their respective reports shall be considered.
2. States Parties shall be represented in the sessions of the Commission at which their reports are to be
considered.
3. Representatives of States Parties shall respond to the questions prepared by the Commission, and
questions of the members of the Commission and provide when necessary, any other information
requested during or after the session.
4. If a State Party fails to send a representative to the session of the Commission at which its report is to be
examined, consideration of the report shall be rescheduled for the next session. If, at the said session, the
concerned State Party, after due notification, fails to send a representative, the Commission shall consider
the State Report .
5. During the consideration of the state report submitted by a State Party in accordance with Article 62 of
the Charter, the Commission shall explore all the pertinent information relating to the human rights situation
in the State concerned, including statements and shadow reports from National Human Rights Institutions
and NGOs.
Rule 76 Non-submission of Reports
1. The Commission shall, at the beginning of each year, inform the States Parties which are not up to date
with their obligations under Article 62 of the deadlines of their submission of their reports and the date at
which they are expected to comply.
2. At the beginning of each Ordinary Session, the Secretary shall inform the Commission of all cases of
non-submission of reports or of additional information requested by the Commission. In such cases, the
Chairperson of the Commission may send a reminder, through the Secretary, to the State Party concerned;
3. The Activity Report of the Commission shall point out the status of initial and Periodic Report of States
Parties.
Rule 77 Concluding Observations
1. The Commission shall, after consideration of the report of a State Party, formulate Concluding
Observations.
2. The Concluding Observations of the Commission shall comply with the Guidelines of the Commission on
Concluding Observations.
3. The Concluding Observations shall be transmitted to the State Party concerned within thirty (30) days
after the session at which the Observations were adopted. They shall form part of the Commission's activity
report and be posted on the website of the Commission after the adoption of the Activity Report.
Rule 78 Follow-up of Implementation of Concluding Observations of State Reports
1. In the Concluding Observations, the Commission shall specify, if necessary, the issues that require
urgent attention on the part of the State Party. The date of the presentation of the next Periodic Report by
the State Party shall be included in the Concluding Observations.
2. The Members of the Commission shall ensure the follow-up on the implementation of the
recommendations from the Concluding Observations within the framework of their promotion activities to
the States Parties concerned.
3. The Commission shall also transmit to the Assembly the observations mentioned in Rule 77(1), with
copies of the reports it has received from the States Parties as well as the comments supplied by the latter,
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