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liberty and the full respect for their human rights is a common responsibility
shared by all and that international implementing bodies complement and
strengthen national measures,
Recalling that the effective prevention of torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment requires education
and a combination of various legislative, administrative, judicial and
other measures,
Recalling also that the World Conference on Human Rights firmly
declared that efforts to eradicate torture should first and foremost be concentrated on prevention and called for the adoption of an optional protocol to
the Convention, intended to establish a preventive system of regular visits
to places of detention,
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,
Have agreed as follows:
PART I
General principles
Article 1
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.
Article 2
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 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.
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