Poročilo Varuha človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije o izvajanju nalog državnega preventivnega mehanizma za leto 2011 d) možnost zaupnih pogovorov z osebami, ki jim je bila odvzeta prostost, brez prič, osebno ali s prevajalcem, če je potrebno, in s katero koli osebo, za katero pododbor za preprečevanje meni, da lahko priskrbi ustrezne informacije; e) svobodno izbiro krajev, ki jih želi obiskati, in oseb, s katerimi želi govoriti. 2. Obisku določenega kraja odvzema prostosti se lahko nasprotuje le iz nujnih in tehtnih razlogov zaradi državne obrambe, javne varnosti, naravne nesreče ali hudega nereda na kraju, ki naj bi ga obiskali, in ki trenutno preprečujejo izvedbo takega obiska. Država pogodbenica se ne sme sklicevati na obstoj razglašenega izrednega stanja kot na razlog za nasprotovanje obisku. 15. člen Nobena oblast ali uradna oseba ne sme odrediti, uporabiti, dovoliti ali dopustiti kakršne koli sankcije proti nobeni osebi ali organizaciji, ker je pododboru ali njegovim delegatom dala resnične ali neresnične informacije, in nobene osebe ali organizacije se zaradi tega ne sme kako drugače oškodovati. 16. člen 1. Pododbor za preprečevanje svoja priporočila in pripombe zaupno sporoči državi pogodbenici, in če je potrebno, državnemu preventivnemu mehanizmu. 2. Pododbor za preprečevanje objavi svoje poročilo z morebitnimi pripombami prizadete države pogodbenice, kadar to zahteva. Če država pogodbenica objavi del poročila, lahko pododbor za preprečevanje objavi poročilo v celoti ali delno. Osebni podatki pa se ne smejo objaviti brez izrecne privolitve prizadete osebe. 3. Pododbor za preprečevanje mora Odboru za mučenje predložiti javno letno poročilo o svojih dejavnostih. 4. Če država pogodbenica v skladu z 12. in 14. členom zavrne svoje sodelovanje s pododborom za preprečevanje ali ukrepanje, ki bi glede na priporočila pododbora izboljšalo stanje, lahko Odbor proti mučenju na prošnjo pododbora za preprečevanje z večino svojih članov odloči, da bo dal javno izjavo o zadevi ali objavil poročilo pododbora, potem ko je imela država pogodbenica možnost predstaviti svoja stališča. 114 Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2011 (d) The opportunity to have private interviews with the persons deprived of their liberty without witnesses, either personally or with a translator if deemed necessary, as well as with any other person who the Subcommittee on Prevention believes may supply relevant information; (e) The liberty to choose the places it wants to visit and the persons it wants to interview. 2. Objection to a visit to a particular place of detention may be made only on urgent and compelling grounds of national defence, public safety, natural disaster or serious disorder in the place to be visited that temporarily prevent the carrying out of such a visit. The existence of a declared state of emergency as such shall not be invoked by a State Party as a reason to object to a visit. Article 15 No authority or official shall order, apply, permit or tolerate any sanction against any person or organization for having communicated to the Subcommittee on Prevention or to its delegates any information, whether true or false, and no such person or organization shall be otherwise prejudiced in any way. Article 16 1. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall communicate its recommendations and observations confidentially to the State Party and, if relevant, to the national preventive mechanism. 2. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall publish its report, together with any comments of the State Party concerned, whenever requested to do so by that State Party. If the State Party makes part of the report public, the Subcommittee on Prevention may publish the report in whole or in part. However, no personal data shall be published without the express consent of the person concerned. 3. The Subcommittee on Prevention shall present a public annual report on its activities to the Committee against Torture. IV. DEL 4. If the State Party refuses to cooperate with the Subcommittee on Prevention according to articles 12 and 14, or to take steps to improve the situation in the light of the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Prevention, the Committee against Torture may, at the request of the Subcommittee on Prevention, decide, by a majority of its members, after the State Party has had an opportunity to make its views known, to make a public statement on the matter or to publish the report of the Subcommittee on Prevention. Državni preventivni mehanizmi PART IV 17. člen National preventive mechanisms Vsaka država pogodbenica najpozneje leto po začetku veljavnosti tega protokola, njegovi ratifikaciji ali pristopu k njemu vzpostavi, določi ali ustanovi enega ali več neodvisnih državnih preventivnih mehanizmov za preprečevanje mučenja. Mehanizmi, ki so jih vzpostavile decentralizirane enote, se lahko za namene tega protokola določijo za državne preventivne mehanizme, če so v skladu z njegovimi določbami. Article 17 Državni preventivni mehanizem v Republiki Sloveniji po Opcijskem protokolu h Konvenciji OZN proti mučenju in drugim krutim, nečloveškim ali poniževalnim kaznim ali ravnanju Each State Party shall maintain, designate or establish, at the latest one year after the entry into force of the present Protocol or of its ratification or accession, one or several independent national preventive mechanisms for the prevention of torture at the domestic level. Mechanisms established by decentralized units may be designated as national preventive mechanisms for the purposes of the present Protocol if they are in conformity with its provisions. 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