Prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment from an extraterritorial perspective 2015, para. 36
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The Special Rapporteur reminds States that monitoring places of deprivation of liberty is key to preventing torture and other ill-treatment. The scope of article 4 (1) of the Optional Protocol mandating visits to "any [such] place under [a State's] jurisdiction and control" must be interpreted to encompass places of deprivation of liberty outside the State's sovereign territories, including military detention facilities overseas. Visits must be permitted anywhere that States have effective control over places of detention outside their territories.
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment