"ЕВРОПЕЙСКАЯ КОНВЕНЦИЯ ПО ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЮ ПЫТОК И БЕСЧЕЛОВЕЧНОГО ИЛИ УНИЖАЮЩЕГО ДОСТОИНСТВО ОБРАЩЕНИЯ ИЛИ НАКАЗАНИЯ" (ETS N 126) [рус., англ.] (Вместе с "ПРИВИЛЕГИЯМИ И ИММУНИТЕТАМИ" и "ПОЯСНЕНИЯМИ") (Заключена в г. Страсбурге 26.11.1987)

Комитета не могут быть задержаны или подвергнуты цензуре.
5. В целях обеспечения членам Комитета полной свободы слова и полной независимости при исполнении служебных обязанностей судебно-процессуальный иммунитет продолжает им предоставляться в отношении всего сказанного и написанного, а также действий, совершенных ими при исполнении служебных обязанностей, и по истечении их мандата.
6. Привилегии и иммунитеты предоставляются членам Комитета не для их личной выгоды, а в целях обеспечения независимого исполнения ими служебных обязанностей. Только Комитет обладает правом лишать иммунитета своих членов; он не только вправе, но и обязан лишить иммунитета члена Комитета в каждом случае, когда, по его мнению, иммунитет препятствует осуществлению правосудия и когда лишение его не наносит ущерба целям, для достижения которых иммунитет предоставляется.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION
FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN
OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

(Strasbourg, 26.XI.1987)

The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,
Having regard to the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;
Recalling that, under Article 3 of the same Convention, "no one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment";
Noting that the machinery provided for in that Convention operates in relation to persons who allege that they are victims of violations of Article 3;
Convinced that the protection of persons deprived of their liberty against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment could be strengthened by non-judicial means of a preventive character based on visits,
Have agreed as follows:

CHAPTER I

Article 1

There shall be established a European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee"). The Committee shall, by means of visits, examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty with a view to strengthening, if necessary, the protection of such persons from torture and from inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 2

Each Party shall permit visits, in accordance with this Convention, to any place within its jurisdiction where persons are deprived of their liberty by a public authority.

Article 3

In the application of this Convention, the Committee and the competent national authorities of the Party concerned shall co-operate with each other.

CHAPTER II

Article 4

1. The Committee shall consist of a number of members equal to that of the Parties.
2. The members of the Committee shall be chosen from among persons of high moral character, known for their competence in the field of human rights or having professional experience in the areas covered by this Convention.
3. No two members of the Committee may be nationals of the same State.
4. The members shall serve in their individual capacity, shall be independent and impartial, and shall be available to serve the Committee effectively.

Article 5

1. The members of the Committee shall be elected by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe by an absolute majority of votes, from a list of names drawn up by the Bureau of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe; each national delegation of the Parties in the Consultative Assembly shall put forward three candidates, of whom two at least shall be its nationals.
2. The same procedure shall be followed in filling casual vacancies.
3.

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