ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT ON THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPTIONAL PROTCOL OF 18 DECEMBER 2002 TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 9 – ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT ON THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPTIONAL PROTCOL OF 18 DECEMBER 2002 TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT The Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Justice, and the Land Baden-Württemberg, represented by the Prime Minister, the latter in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister of State for Justice and for Consumer Protection, the Land Berlin, represented by the Governing Mayor, in turn represented by the Senator for Justice, the Land Brandenburg, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen, represented by the Senator for Justice and Constitution, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, represented by the Senate, in turn represented by the Chairperson of the Ministry of Justice, the Land Hesse, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, for Integration and European Affairs, the Land Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, represented by the Prime Minister, the latter in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, the Land Lower Saxony, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, the Land North Rhine-Westphalia, represented by the Prime Minister, the latter in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, the Land Rhineland-Palatinate, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister the Justice, the Saarland, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, the Free State of Saxony, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister of State for Justice and for Europe, the Land Saxony-Anhalt, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, the Land Schleswig-Holstein, represented by the Prime Minister, in turn represented by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Integration and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the Prime Minister, the latter in turn represented by the Minister of Justice, conclude the following Administrative Agreement: Preamble The Federal Republic of Germany signed the Optional Protocol of 18 December 2002 to the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter referred to as “Optional Protocol”) on 20 September 2006. The German Federal Parliament approved the Optional Protocol by Act of 26 August 2008 (Federal Law Gazette II p. 854). The Federal Republic of Germany deposited the ratification certificate on the Optional Protocol at the United Nations in New York on 4 December 2008. The Optional Protocol came into force for the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 January2009 (Federal Law Gazette II p. 536). 114