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MODEL INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION
INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION
WHEREAS the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (the Convention) was adopted at New York, on 10 December 1984,
NOW THEREFORE I, [name and title of the Head of State, Head of Government or Minister for
Foreign Affairs] declare that the Government of [name of State], having considered the above‐
mentioned convention, accedes to the same and undertakes faithfully to perform and carry out the
stipulations therein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this instrument of accession at [place] on [date].
[Signature by the Head of
State, Head of Government or
Minister for Foreign Affairs]
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