Article 28
1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the
date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the
twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each State ratifying the present Protocol or acceding to it after the
deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth
instrument of ratification or accession, the present Protocol shall enter into
force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit of its own instrument of
ratification or accession.
Article 29
The provisions of the present Protocol shall extend to all parts of federal
States without any limitations or exceptions.
Article 30
No reservations shall be made to the present Protocol.
Article 31
The provisions of the present Protocol shall not affect the obligations of
States Parties under any regional convention instituting a system of visits to
places of detention. The Subcommittee on Prevention and the bodies
established under such regional conventions are encouraged to consult and
cooperate with a view to avoiding duplication and promoting effectively the
objectives of the present Protocol.
Article 32
The provisions of the present Protocol shall not affect the obligations of
States Parties to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the
Additional Protocols thereto of 8 June 1977, nor the opportunity available to
any State Party to authorize the International Committee of the Red Cross to
visit places of detention in situations not covered by international
humanitarian law.
Article 33
1. Any State Party may denounce the present Protocol at any time by
written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, who shall thereafter inform the other States Parties to the present
Protocol and the Convention. Denunciation shall take effect one year after
the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.
2. Such a denunciation shall not have the effect of releasing the St ate
Party from its obligations under the present Protocol in regard to any act or
situation that may occur prior to the date on which the denunciation
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