Poročilo Varuha človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije o izvajanju nalog državnega preventivnega mehanizma za leto 2011 Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2011 so prepričane, da se lahko varstvo oseb, ki jim je bila odvzeta prostost, pred mučenjem in drugimi oblikami okrutnega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja okrepi z nesodnimi preventivnimi sredstvi, ki temeljijo na rednih obiskih na krajih odvzema prostosti, Convinced that the protection of persons deprived of their liberty against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment can be strengthened by non-judicial means of a preventive nature, based on regular visits to places of detention, in so se dogovorile: Have agreed as follows: I. DEL PART I Splošna načela General principles 1. člen Article 1 Namen tega protokola je vzpostaviti sistem rednih obiskov neodvisnih mednarodnih in državnih organov na krajih, kjer je ljudem odvzeta prostost, da bi preprečili mučenje in druge oblike okrutnega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja. The objective of the present 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. 2. člen Article 2 1. Ustanovi se Pododbor za preprečevanje mučenja in drugega okrutnega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja Odbora proti mučenju (v nadaljevanju: pododbor za preprečevanje), ki opravlja naloge, določene s tem protokolom. 1. A Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture (hereinafter referred to as the Subcommittee on Prevention) shall be established and shall carry out the functions laid down in the present Protocol. 2. Pododbor za preprečevanje opravlja svoje delo v okviru Ustanovne listine Združenih narodov in spoštuje njene cilje in načela ter norme Združenih narodov glede ravnanja z ljudmi, ki jim je bila odvzeta prostost. 3. Pododbor za preprečevanje spoštuje tudi načela zaupnosti, nepristranskosti, nerazlikovanja, univerzalnosti in objektivnosti. 4. Pododbor za preprečevanje in države pogodbenice sodelujejo pri izvajanju tega protokola. 3. člen Vsaka država pogodbenica na državni ravni ustanovi, določi ali vzdržuje enega ali več organov za obiskovanje zaradi preprečevanja mučenja in drugega okrutnega, nečloveškega ali ponižujočega ravnanja ali kaznovanja (v nadaljevanju: državni preventivni mehanizem). 4. člen 1. Vsaka država pogodbenica v skladu s tem protokolom dovoli obiske organov iz 2. in 3. člena na katerem koli kraju, ki je v njeni pristojnosti in pod njenim nadzorom, kjer so ali bi lahko bile osebe, ki jim je bila odvzeta prostost na podlagi odredbe javne oblasti ali na njihovo pobudo ali z njihovo izrecno ali tiho privolitvijo (v nadaljevanju: kraji odvzema prostosti). Namen teh obiskov je, če je potrebno, okrepiti varstvo teh oseb pred mučenjem in drugimi oblikami okrutnega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja. 2. V tem protokolu pomeni odvzem prostosti vsako obliko pridržanja ali zapora ali namestitev osebe v javni ali zasebni zavod, ki ga ta oseba po odredbi sodne, upravne ali katere koli druge oblasti ne sme zapustiti po svoji volji. 2. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall carry out its work within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations and shall be guided by the purposes and principles thereof, as well as the norms of the United Nations concerning the treatment of people deprived of their liberty. 3. Equally, the Subcommittee on Prevention shall be guided by the principles of confidentiality, impartiality, non-selectivity, universality and objectivity. 4. The Subcommittee on Prevention and the States Parties shall cooperate in the implementation of 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 (hereinafter referred to as the national preventive mechanism). Article 4 1. Each State Party shall allow visits, in accordance with the present Protocol, by the mechanisms referred to in articles 2 and 3 to any place under its jurisdiction and control where persons are or may be deprived of their liberty, either by virtue of an order given by a public authority or at its instigation or with its consent or acquiescence (hereinafter referred to as places of detention). These visits shall be undertaken with a view to strengthening, if necessary, the protection of these persons against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 2. For the purposes of the present Protocol, deprivation of liberty means any form of detention or imprisonment or the placement of a person in a public or private custodial setting which that person is not permitted to leave at will by order of any judicial, administrative or other authority. 104 Državni preventivni mehanizem v Republiki Sloveniji po Opcijskem protokolu h Konvenciji OZN proti mučenju in drugim krutim, nečloveškim ali poniževalnim kaznim ali ravnanju National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 105