the Committee decides to finalize the procedure, it shall communicate its views
to the State Party and to the author of the communication.
Article 32
A State Party to this Convention may at any time declare that it recognizes
the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications in
which a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its
obligations under this Convention. The Committee shall not receive
communications concerning a State Party which has not made such a
declaration, nor communications from a State Party which has not made such a
declaration.
Article 33
1. If the Committee receives reliable information indicating that a State
Party is seriously violating the provisions of this Convention, it may, after
consultation with the State Party concerned, request one or more of its
members to undertake a visit and report back to it without delay.
2. The Committee shall notify the State Party concerned, in writing, of
its intention to organize a visit, indicating the composition of the delegation and
the purpose of the visit. The State Party shall answer the Committee within a
reasonable time.
3. Upon a substantiated request by the State Party, the Committee may
decide to postpone or cancel its visit.
4. If the State Party agrees to the visit, the Committee and the State
Party concerned shall work together to define the modalities of the visit and the
State Party shall provide the Committee with all the facilities needed for the
successful completion of the visit.
5. Following its visit, the Committee shall communicate to the State
Party concerned its observations and recommendations.
Article 34
If the Committee receives information which appears to it to contain wellfounded indications that enforced disappearance is being practised on a
widespread or systematic basis in the territory under the jurisdiction of a State
Party, it may, after seeking from the State Party concerned all relevant
information on the situation, urgently bring the matter to the attention of the
General Assembly of the United Nations, through the Secretary-General of the
United Nations.
Article 35
1. The Committee shall have competence solely in respect of enforced
disappearances which commenced after the entry into force of this Convention.
2. If a State becomes a party to this Convention after its entry into force,
the obligations of that State vis-à-vis the Committee shall relate only to
enforced disappearances which commenced after the entry into force of this
Convention for the State concerned.
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