Table of Contents xii Article 23. Annual Reports of the National Preventive Mechanisms (Stephanie Krisper) 951 PART V:  DECLARATION 955 Article 24. Temporary Opting-​Out Declaration (Kerstin Buchinger) 957 PART VI:  FINANCIAL PROVISIONS 963 Article 25. Financing of the Subcommittee (Kerstin Buchinger) Article 26. Special Fund (Kerstin Buchinger) 965 973 PART VII:  FINAL PROVISIONS 981 Article 27. Article 28. Article 29. Article 30. Article 31. 983 988 993 997 Article 32. Article 33. Article 34. Article 35. Article 36. Article 37. Signature, Ratification, and Accession (Stephanie Krisper) Entry into Force (Stephanie Krisper) Validity in Federal States (Stephanie Krisper) Prohibition of Reservations (Stephanie Krisper) Relation to Regional Systems of Preventive Visits to Places of Detention (Stephanie Krisper) Relation to the International Committee of the Red Cross (Stephanie Krisper) Denunciation (Kerstin Buchinger) Amendments (Stephanie Krisper) Privileges and Immunities (Stephanie Krisper) Obligations of Members of the Subcommittee during Country Missions (Kerstin Buchinger) Authentic Texts (Stephanie Krisper) 1001 1007 1011 1016 1020 1026 1031 APPENDICES 1033 A. Texts relating to the Convention Against Torture 1035 1. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 2. Selected Draft Convention Texts 3. Status of Ratification of the Convention and Acceptance of Optional Procedures as of 31 December 2017 4. Reservations, Declarations, Notifications, and Objections Relating to the Convention 5. Rules of Procedure 6. Members of the Committee since 1988 as of 31 December 2017 7a. Article 3—​Table 1: Article 3 Decisions Broken Down by State Party (Host Country) as of 31 March 2017 1035 1045 1060 1072 1149 1178 1181