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3 When amendments come into force, they shall be binding on those States
Parties that have accepted them, other States Parties still being bound by
the provisions of the present Protocol and any earlier amendment that
they have accepted.
Article 35
Members of the Subcommittee on Prevention and of the national preventive
mechanisms shall be accorded such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions. Members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall be accorded the privileges and immunities
specified in section 22 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of
the United Nations of 13 February 1946, subject to the provisions of section
23 of that Convention.
Article 36
When visiting a State Party, the members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall, without prejudice to the provisions and purposes of the present
Protocol and such privileges and immunities as they may enjoy:
(a) Respect the laws and regulations of the visited State;
(b) Refrain from any action or activity incompatible with the impartial
and international nature of their duties.
Article 37
1 The present Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2 The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present Protocol to all States.”
Section 4 – Pursuant to Article 24 of the Protocol, upon ratifying the Protocol,
the Republic of Hungary shall make a declaration as regards the present
Protocol. The authentic English language text and its official Hungarian
translation are as follows:
• “In accordance with Article 24 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment, the Republic of Hungary declares the postponement
for three years of the implementation of the obligations under Part IV of
the Optional Protocol, concerning national preventive mechanisms.”
• „A Magyar Köztársaság a kínzás és más kegyetlen, embertelen vagy
megalázó bánásmód vagy büntetés elleni egyezmény fakultatív jegyzõkönyvének 24. cikkével összhangban kijelenti, hogy a fakultatív jegyzõkönyv IV. részébõl származó, a nemzeti megelõzõ mechanizmussal
kapcsolatos kötelezettségeinek teljesítését három évvel elhalasztja.”
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