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MODEL INSTRUMENT OF DECLARATION ACCEPTING PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN ARTICLES 21 AND 22
INSTRUMENT OF DECLARATION
I, [name and title of the Head of State, Head of Government or Minister for Foreign Affairs],
HEREBY DECLARE that the Government of [name of State] makes the following declaration(s) in
relation to article(s) [21 and 22] of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted at New York, on 10 December 1984:
[In accordance with article 21, paragraph 1, of the Convention, [name of State] declares that it
recognizes the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider
communications to the effect that a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its
obligations under the Convention.]
[In accordance with article 22, paragraph 1, of the Convention, [name of State] declares that it
recognizes the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider
communications from or on behalf of individuals subject to its jurisdiction who claim to be victims of
a violation by a State Party of the provisions of the Convention.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal.
Done at [place] on [date].
[Signature by the Head of
State, Head of Government or
Minister for Foreign Affairs]
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