Примеры использования Visiting mechanism на Английском языке и их переводы на Русский язык
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The delegation of Japan recalled that many States had pointed to the usefulness of a national visiting mechanism.
The idea of an international visiting mechanism was not new and was contained, for example, in the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The delegation indicated that Japan did not object in principle to an independent body as a national visiting mechanism.
The SPT has a mandate to engage directly with other visiting mechanisms, both at the international and national levels.
The national visiting mechanism described in the proposal was only one of the options for national preventive measures.
The delegation was of the view that at the national level,States should be encouraged to create national visiting mechanisms to prevent torture.
A protocol with a strong visiting mechanism funded from the regular budget would make an effective tool available to all States Parties in fulfilling their obligation under articles 2 and 16.
The delegation of Peru also expressed support for the proposal andunderlined the importance of combining the international and national visiting mechanisms.
A good example of this was an international seminar on domestic visiting mechanisms, held in Geneva in July 2003.
The delegation of the United States reiterated its request, made during the ninth session of the working group,for information concerning the projected costs of the proposed visiting mechanism.
While supporting the proposal for a two-pillar system,the NGOs reiterated that a strong international visiting mechanism, linked to the Committee against Torture, should lie at the heart of the optional protocol.
The delegation also questioned the financial consequences for other human rights priorities of establishing a new mandatory visiting mechanism.
While recalling that the main purpose of the working group was to create a strong,wellfunctioning international visiting mechanism for the prevention of torture, these delegations welcomed the initiative to establish a two-pillar system.
Concerning homes for elderly people, as soon as members with specific knowledge from this area have been assignedto the Joint Commission, possibilities to cooperate with specific visiting mechanisms will be presumed.
The proposed visiting mechanism would permit only minimal visits as follow-up to State party reports and would therefore be of limited effectiveness, and there was no provision for reservations to the Optional Protocol.
It would be of interest to know how the Special Rapporteur proposed to coordinate his own activities with those of the visiting mechanism for which provision was made in the optional protocol.
There were no reasonable grounds for the establishment of a mandatory national visiting mechanism that would have basically the same mandate as an international visiting mechanism, and from that point of view Japan shared the concerns about duplication expressed by many other delegations.
In this context, the Association for the Prevention of Torture, a Geneva-based NGO,organized in cooperation with OHCHR, a seminar on domestic visiting mechanisms around the world: practices and lessons learned.
It was reiterated that Japan was opposed to the mandatory establishment of national visiting mechanisms, and it would be difficult for the delegation to accept the idea of a national visiting mechanism as provided in articles 3 and 17 of the proposal.
The delegation of Mexico stated that it would not insist on its proposal, presented at the ninth session of the working group, andsupported the creation of a strong international visiting mechanism for the prevention of torture.
The delegation of the United States suggested that it would not be appropriate to fund the international visiting mechanism from the regular budget of the United Nations, as that would mean that every Member of the United Nations would contribute to the mechanism whether or not they were party to the optional protocol; the costs should be borne by the States Parties.
As the most effective mechanism established to prevent the practice of torture, the Special Rapporteur calls on States to ratify the Optional Protocol and establish independent andeffective national visiting mechanisms.
Given the adoption of the Optional Protocol at the plenary of the General Assembly,my Government wishes to actively engage in such undertakings to have the visiting mechanism to be established under the Optional Protocol effectively carry out its activities.
On the occasion of the second Academic Penal Regime Days, held at Vienna Universityon 23 September 2008, he made a presentation on the theme"Human rights monitoring of detention centres through external visiting mechanisms.
The delegation of Spain, on behalf of the European Union,reiterated the common position expressed at the 1st meeting regarding their strong preference for an international visiting mechanism for the prevention of torture which would not only provide technical assistance to the national mechanisms but also have very extensive visiting functions in connection with any place where people were deprived of liberty.
Building on its experience of collaboration with the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment orPunishment, IFACAT is preparing to assist future visiting mechanisms in carrying out their missions effectively.
The objective of this Protocol is to establish a preventive visiting mechanism to examine the treatment of persons[deprived of their liberty][detained] with a view to recommending means for strengthening, if necessary, the protection of such persons from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment[as defined under international law applicable to the State Party] and relevant international standards.
The delegation of the United States strongly opposed the concept of establishing, either at the national orthe international level, mandatory visiting mechanisms that would have unrestricted authority to visit places of detention.
Following the General Assembly's adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, the Committee had adopted a statement urging its ratification and encouraging States to designate orcreate independent national visiting mechanisms for the prevention of torture.
Please indicate whether recommendations from international, regional, and non-governmental organizations, the Ombudsman Offices or other detention andprison monitoring or visiting mechanisms are taken into consideration and what are the mechanisms for cooperation with them.