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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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
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
surface form: 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
this entity surface form: Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment