PROTOCOL N 2
to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

The States, signatories to this Protocol to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, signed at Strasbourg on 26 November 1987 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),

Convinced of the advisibility of enabling members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee") to be re-elected twice;

Also considering the need to guarantee an orderly renewal of the membership of the Committee,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. In Article 5, paragraph 3, the second sentence shall read as follows: "They may be re-elected twice."

2. Article 5 of the Convention shall be supplemented by the following paragraphs 4 and 5: