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.
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