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may consider appropriate and shall forward these to the
State Party concerned. That State Party may respond
with any observations it chooses to the Committee.
4. The Committee may, at its discretion, decide to include
any comments made by it in accordance with paragraph
3 of this article, together with the observations thereon
received from the State Party concerned, in its annual
report made in accordance with article 24. If so
requested by the State Party concerned, the Committee
may also include a copy of the report submitted under
paragraph I of this article.
Article 20
1. If the Committee receives reliable information which
appears to it to contain well-founded indications that
torture is being systematically practised in the territory
of a State Party, the Committee shall invite that State
Party to co-operate in the examination of the
information and to this end to submit observations with
regard to the information concerned.
2. Taking into account any observations which may have
been submitted by the State Party concerned, as well as
any other relevant information available to it, the
Committee may, if it decides that this is warranted,
designate one or more of its members to make a
confidential inquiry and to report to the Committee
urgently.
3. If an inquiry is made in accordance with paragraph 2 of
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