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Revision as of 17:02, 18 April 2012
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Adopted on 18 December 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (Resolution A/RES/57/199). Entered into force on 22 June 2006.
Contents
Relevant Provisions of the Optional Protocol to the CAT
Article 1
The objective of the Protocol is to establish a system of regular visits undertaken by independent international and national bodies to places where people are deprived of their liberty, in order to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 2
A Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture shall be established and shall carry out the functions laid down in the present Protocol.
Article 3
Each State Party shall set up, designate or maintain at the domestic level one or several visiting bodies for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 4
Each State Party shall allow visits to any place under its jurisdiction and control where persons are or may be deprived of their liberty.
Status of Signature, Ratification and Accession to the Optional Protocol to the CAT
Country | Signature | Ratification/Accession |
---|---|---|
Albania | - | 1 October 2003 |
Argentina | 30 April 2003 | 15 November 2004 |
Armenia | - | 14 September 2006 |
Australia | 19 May 2003 | - |
Austria | 25 September 2003 | - |
Azerbaijan | 15 September 2005 | 28 January 2009 |
Belgium | 24 October 2005 | - |
Benin | 24 February 2005 | 20 September 2006 |
Bolivia | 22 May 2006 | 23 May 2006 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 December 2007 | 24 October 2008 |
Brazil | 13 October 2003 | 12 Janvier 2007 |
Bulgaria | 22 September 2010 | 1 June 2011 |
Burkina Faso | 21 September 2005 | 7 July 2010 |
Cambodia | 14 September 2005 | 30 March 2007 |
Cameroon | 15 December 2009 | - |
Cape Verde | 26 September 2011 | - |
Chile | 6 June 2005 | 12 December 2008 |
Congo | 29 September 2008 | - |
Costa Rica | 4 February 2003 | 1 December 2005 |
Croatia | 23 September 2003 | 25 April 2005 |
Cyprus | 26 July 2004 | 29 April 2009 |
Czech Republic | 13 September 2004 | 10 July 2006 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | - | 23 September 2010 |
Denmark | 26 June 2003 | 25 June 2004 |
Ecuador | 24 May 2007 | 20 July 2010 |
Estonia | 21 September 2004 | 18 December 2006 |
Finland | 23 September 2003 | - |
France | 16 September 2005 | 11 November 2008 |
Gabon | 15 December 2004 | 22 September 2010 |
Georgia | - | 9 August 2005 |
Germany | 20 September 2006 | 4 December 2008 |
Ghana | 6 November 2006 | - |
Greece | 3 March 2011 | - |
Guatemala | 25 September 2003 | 9 June 2008 |
Guinea | 16 September 2005 | - |
Honduras | 8 December 2004 | 23 May 2006 |
Hungary | - | 12 January 2012 |
Iceland | 24 September 2003 | - |
Ireland | 2 October 2007 | - |
Italy | 20 August 2003 | - |
Kazakhstan | 25 September 2007 | 22 October 2008 |
Kyrgyzstan | - | 29 December 2008 |
Lebanon | - | 22 December 2008 |
Liberia | - | 22 September 2004 |
Liechtenstien | 24 June 2005 | 3 November 2006 |
Luxembourg | 13 January 2005 | 19 May 2010 |
Magadascar | 23 September 2003 | - |
Maldives | 14 September 2005 | 15 February 2006 |
Mali | 19 January 2004 | 12 May 2005 |
Malta | 24 September 2003 | 24 September 2003 |
Mauritania | 27 September 2011 | - |
Mauritius | - | 21 June 2005 |
Mexico | 23 September 2003 | 11 April 2005 |
Montenegro | 23 October 2006 | 6 March 2009 |
Netherlands | 3 June 2005 | 28 September 2010 |
New Zealand | 23 September 2003 | 14 March 2007 |
Nicaragua | 14 March 2007 | 25 February 2009 |
Nigeria | - | 27 July 2009 |
Norway | 24 September 2003 | - |
Panama | 22 September 2010 | 2 June 2011 |
Paraguay | 22 September 2004 | 2 December 2005 |
Peru | - | 14 September 2006 |
Poland | 5 April 2004 | 14 September 2005 |
Portugal | 15 February 2006 | - |
Republic of Moldova | 16 September 2005 | 24 July 2006 |
Romania | 24 September 2003 | 2 July 2009 |
Senegal | 4 February 2003 | 18 September 2006 |
Serbia | 25 September 2003 | 26 September 2006 |
Sierra Leone | 26 September 2003 | - |
Slovenia | - | 23 January 2007 |
South Africa | 20 September 2006 | - |
Spain | 13 April 2005 | 4 April 2006 |
Sweden | 26 June 2003 | 14 September 2005 |
Switzerland | 25 June 2004 | 24 September 2009 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 1 September 2006 | 13 February 2009 |
Timor Leste | 16 September 2005 | - |
Togo | 15 September 2005 | 20 July 2010 |
Tunisia | - | 29 June 2011 |
Turkey | 14 September 2005 | 27 September 2011 |
Ukraine | 23 September 2005 | 19 September 2006 |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 26 June 2003 | 10 December 2003 |
Uruguay | 12 January 2004 | 8 December 2005 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1 July 2011 | - |
Zambia | 27 September 2010 | - |