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Organization of American States: Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

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International Legal Materials , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , May 1986 , pp. 519 - 542
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1986

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* [Reproduced from “Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly at I t s Fifteenth Regular Session”, O.A.S. General Assembly Document OEA/Ser.P, AG/doc.2023/85 rev. 1, March 12, 1986, pp. 46-54. The Convention can also be found in the O.A.S. Treaty Series, No. 67. [As of March 31, 1986, eleven countries had signed the text. They are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The Convention will enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the second instrument of ratification. [The 1980 draft of this convention appears at 19 I.L.M. 618 (1980)].

* [The Protocol of Amendment has been reproduced from the text provided by the Organization of American States.

** [The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Domingo E. Acevedo, Washington College of Law, The American University.]

* [Reproduced from O.A.S. General Assembly Document OEA/Ser.P, AG/ doc.16 (XIV-E/85) rev. 2, February 26, 1986. The Protocol can also be found in the O.A.S. Treaty Series, No. 66. [Statements made by the delegations of Peru and Ecuador at the time of signing appear at I.L.M. page 542. As of April 16, 1986, the following countries had signed the Protocol: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. It will enter into force when two-thirds of the present Member States of the O.A.S. have deposited their instruments of ratification.]