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Article 4 Facultatief Protocol bij het Verdrag tegen foltering en andere wrede, onmenselijke of onterende behandeling of bestraffing

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1 Each State Party shall allow visits, in accordance with the present Protocol, by the mechanisms referred to in articles 2 and 3 to any place under its jurisdiction and control where persons are or may be deprived of their liberty, either by virtue of an order given by a public authority or at its instigation or with its consent or acquiescence (hereinafter referred to as places of detention). These visits shall be undertaken with a view to strengthening, if necessary, the protection of these persons against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

2 For the purposes of the present Protocol, deprivation of liberty means any form of detention or imprisonment or the placement of a person in a public or private custodial setting which that person is not permitted to leave at will by order of any judicial, administrative or other authority.

Regeling
Facultatief Protocol bij het Verdrag tegen foltering en andere wrede, onmenselijke of onterende behandeling of bestraffing
Afkortingen
OPCAT
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
28-10-2010
BWB-id
BWBV0004712
Versie
2010-10-28_0

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