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Conseil de l'Europe (STE No. 126) - Convention Europ?enne pour la Pr?vention de la Torture et des Peines ou Traitements Inhumains ou D?gradants
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The full-text of the Convention that "provides for the setting up of an international committee empowered to visit all places where persons are deprived of their liberty by a public authority. The committee, composed of independent experts, may make recommendations and suggest improvements in order to strengthen, if necessary, the protection of persons visited from torture and from inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This preventive, non-judicial machinery is an important addition to the system of protection already existing under the European Convention on Human Rights". The site also includes later Protocols and a chart of signatories and ratifications.
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