Version as at
1 July 2023
Crimes of Torture Act 1989
Schedule 2
4.
Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
5.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States that have
signed the present Protocol or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of
ratification or accession.
Article 28
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.
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 con‐
ventions 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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