or
b. that it affected persons foreign to the motives behind it; or
c. that cruel or vicious means have been used in the commission of the offence.
2. Any State may wholly or partly withdraw a reservation it has made in accordance with the foregoing paragraph by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe which shall become effective as from the date of its receipt.
3. A State which has made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article may not claim the application of Article 1 by any other State; it may, however, if its reservation is partial or conditional, claim the application of that article in so far as it has itself accepted it.
Article 14
Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention by means of a written notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Any such denunciation shall take effect immediately or at such later date as may be specified in the notification.
Article 15
This Convention ceases to have effect in respect of any Contracting State which withdraws from or ceases to be a Member of the Council of Europe.
Article 16
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of:
a. any signature;
b. any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval;
c. any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with Article 11 thereof;
d. any declaration or notification received in pursuance of the provisions of Article 12;
e. any reservation made in pursuance of the provisions of Article 13, paragraph 1;
f. the withdrawal of any reservation effected in pursuance of the provisions of Article 13, paragraph 2;
g. any notification received in pursuance of Article 14 and the date on which denunciation takes effect;
h. any cessation of the effects of the Convention pursuant to Article 15.
In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.
Done at Strasbourg, this 27th day of January 1977, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory States.
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