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9.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

New York, 18 December 2002

 

Entry into force: 22 June 2006, in accordance with article 28 (1) which reads as follows: "1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession. 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.".
Registration: 22 June 2006, No. 24841.
Status: Signatories: 60 ,Parties: 34.
Text: GA Resolution A/RES/57/199 of 9 January 2003. 

Note: The above Protocol was adopted on 18 December 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199. In accordance with article 27 (1), the Protocol was opened for signature on 4 February 2003, the first possible date, by any State that has signed the Convention. In accordance with operative paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution A/RES/57/199, the Protocol is available for signature, ratification and accession at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant  Signature, Succession to signature (d)  Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) 
Albania    1 Oct 2003 a 
Argentina  30 Apr 2003  15 Nov 2004 
Armenia    14 Sep 2006 a 
Austria  25 Sep 2003   
Azerbaijan  15 Sep 2005   
Belgium  24 Oct 2005   
Benin  24 Feb 2005  20 Sep 2006 
Bolivia  22 May 2006  23 May 2006 
Brazil  13 Oct 2003  12 Jan 2007 
Burkina Faso  21 Sep 2005   
Cambodia  14 Sep 2005  30 Mar 2007 
Chile  6 Jun 2005   
Costa Rica  4 Feb 2003  1 Dec 2005 
Croatia  23 Sep 2003  25 Apr 2005 
Cyprus  26 Jul 2004   
Czech Republic  13 Sep 2004  10 Jul 2006 
Denmark1  26 Jun 2003  25 Jun 2004 
Ecuador  24 May 2007   
Estonia  21 Sep 2004  18 Dec 2006 
Finland  23 Sep 2003   
France  16 Sep 2005   
Gabon  15 Dec 2004   
Georgia    9 Aug 2005 a 
Germany  20 Sep 2006   
Ghana  6 Nov 2006   
Guatemala  25 Sep 2003   
Guinea  16 Sep 2005   
Honduras  8 Dec 2004  23 May 2006 
Iceland  24 Sep 2003   
Ireland  2 Oct 2007   
Italy  20 Aug 2003   
Kazakhstan  25 Sep 2007   
Liberia    22 Sep 2004 a 
Liechtenstein  24 Jun 2005  3 Nov 2006 
Luxembourg  13 Jan 2005   
Madagascar  24 Sep 2003   
Maldives  14 Sep 2005  15 Feb 2006 
Mali  19 Jan 2004  12 May 2005 
Malta  24 Sep 2003  24 Sep 2003 
Mauritius    21 Jun 2005 a 
Mexico  23 Sep 2003  11 Apr 2005 
Moldova  16 Sep 2005  24 Jul 2006 
Montenegro2  23 Oct 2006 d   
Netherlands  3 Jun 2005   
New Zealand3  23 Sep 2003  14 Mar 2007 
Nicaragua  14 Mar 2007   
Norway  24 Sep 2003   
Paraguay  22 Sep 2004  2 Dec 2005 
Peru    14 Sep 2006 a 
Poland  5 Apr 2004  14 Sep 2005 
Portugal  15 Feb 2006   
Romania  24 Sep 2003   
Senegal  4 Feb 2003  18 Oct 2006 
Serbia  25 Sep 2003  26 Sep 2006 
Sierra Leone  26 Sep 2003   
Slovenia    23 Jan 2007 a 
South Africa  20 Sep 2006   
Spain  13 Apr 2005  4 Apr 2006 
Sweden  26 Jun 2003  14 Sep 2005 
Switzerland  25 Jun 2004   
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  1 Sep 2006   
Timor-Leste  16 Sep 2005   
Togo  15 Sep 2005   
Turkey  14 Sep 2005   
Ukraine  23 Sep 2005  19 Sep 2006 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  26 Jun 2003  10 Dec 2003 
Uruguay  12 Jan 2004  8 Dec 2005 
 

 

DECLARATIONS

Declarations

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made

upon ratification, accession or succession.)

Belgium

Declaration made upon signature:

This signature also engages the French community, the Flemish community, the German-speaking community and the Waloon region.

Notifications made under article 17

(Unless otherwise indicated, the notifications were made

upon ratification, accession or succession.)

Slovenia

"In accordance with Article 17 of the Protocol, the Republic of Slovenia declares herewith that the competencies and duties of the national preventive mechanism will be performed by the Human Rights Ombudsperson and in agreement with him/her also by non-governmental organisations registered in the Republic of Slovenia and by organisations, which acquired the status of humanitarian organisations in the Republic of Slovenia."

 

 

NOTES

1. With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands.

Subsequently, on 29 August 2005, the Government of Denmark informed the Secretary-General of the following:

".....that Denmark withdraws its declaration made upon ratification of the said Protocol to the effect that until further notice the Optional Protocol should not apply to the Faroe Islands."

2. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

3. With a territorial exclusion with regard to the Tokelau Islands, with the following:

".....consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this ratification shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory."