VIII. Resolution of the 81st Conference of Ministers of Justice of 23 and 24 June 2010 in Hamburg on the nomination of the members of the Commission of the Länder against Torture to be established42 TOP I.12 Nomination of the members of the Commission of the Länder against Torture to be established Rapporteur: Hesse 1. In accordance with Article 4 of the State Treaty on the establishment of a national mechanism of all Länder in accordance with Article 3 of the Optional Protocol of 18 December 2002 to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Ministers of Justice herewith nominates the following persons as members of the Commission of the Länder against Torture: a) State Secretary ret. Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Geiger (Chairman) b) Presiding Judge at Stuttgart Higher Regional Court Albrecht Rieß c) Prof. Dr. Dieter Rössner, University Professor at the University of Marburg d) ret. Elsava Schöner (Leitende Regierungsdirektorin) 2. In accordance with Article 4 para. 2 of the State Treaty, the members re No. 1 a) and c) are herewith initially nominated for four years, and the members re No. 1 b) and d) initially for two years. 3. State Secretary ret. Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Geiger is herewith nominated as Chairman. 4. The nomination shall become effective on entry into force of the State Treaty. 42 Non-official translation. 115