Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture

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Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture is an additional legal instrument that refines and strengthens the operational and procedural framework of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in carrying out its monitoring mandate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Europe treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
protocol ⓘ
adoptedBy Council of Europe ⓘ
adoptedIn Strasbourg ⓘ
adoptionDate 1993-11-04 ⓘ
aimsTo enhance the effectiveness of preventive visits to places of detention ⓘ
ensure continuity in the work of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
appliesTo member States of the Council of Europe that are Parties to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
basedOn European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
belongsToRegime European regional human rights protection system ⓘ
category human rights treaty ⓘ
concerns organizational aspects of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
procedural aspects of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
depositary Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1999-03-01 ⓘ
establishes new rules on the election of members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
focusesOn monitoring of places of deprivation of liberty ⓘ
goal to make the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture more efficient and stable in its composition ⓘ
isSupplementTo European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalStatus binding on States that have ratified it ⓘ
legalSystem public international law ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn 1993-11-04 ⓘ
partOf European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
purpose to improve the functioning of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
to refine and strengthen the operational framework of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
to refine and strengthen the procedural framework of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
regulates continuity of membership of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
re-election of members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
term of office of members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
relatesToBody European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
requires ratification by States Parties to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
strengthens monitoring mandate of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
subjectMatter prevention of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ
prevention of torture ⓘ
treatyNumber ETS No. 152 ⓘ

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European Convention for the Prevention of Torture → hasOptionalProtocol → Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture ⓘ
Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture → alsoKnownAs → Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
linked to: Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
ETS No. 152 → fullName → Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
linked to: Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
ETS No. 152 → shortName → Protocol No. 2 to the CPT Convention ⓘ
linked to: Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
ETS No. 152 → alsoKnownAs → Protocol No. 2 to the CPT Convention ⓘ
linked to: Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture