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thorough internal evaluation of the level of financial resources required to fulfil the
mechanism’s mandate under the Optional Protocol.
52.
In the light of the low level of human and financial resources available to the
national preventive mechanism, the Subcommittee also recommends that the
mechanism increase cooperation with national preventive mechanisms in other States,
in order to strengthen its capacities, share information and practices and develop its
working methods with a view to improving its ability to carry out its mandate under
the Optional Protocol.
53.
The Subcommittee further recommends that the national preventive
mechanism continue to develop its capacity through increased cooperation with the
Subcommittee, as well as through engagement with other national preventive
mechanisms and appropriate national preventive mechanism networks.
54.
The Subcommittee regards its visit and the present report as the beginning of a
constructive dialogue with the national preventive mechanism of Hungary. The Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stands ready to provide technical
assistance and advice to the mechanism to strengthen its capacity to prevent torture and illtreatment in all places of deprivation of liberty in the State party and to make the common
goal of prevention a reality.
55.
The Subcommittee recalls that the State party has an obligation to prevent torture
and that the likelihood of that obligation being met can only be greatly increased by the
existence of an effective national preventive mechanism. The Subcommittee encourages the
mechanism to review and strengthen its working methods and to avail itself of training
courses to improve its ability to discharge its responsibilities under the Optional Protocol,
including through the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights concerning follow-up to the present recommendations.
56.
The Subcommittee also encourages the mechanism to transmit its annual reports to
the Subcommittee and reaffirms its readiness to help to achieve the shared aims of
preventing torture and ill-treatment and ensuring that commitments are translated into
action.
57.
The Subcommittee recommends that the national preventive mechanism make
the present report public and requests that it be notified of the mechanism’s decision
in this regard.
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