E/1999/27 E/CN.6/1999/10 “2. Any State Party having made a declaration in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article may, at any time, withdraw this declaration by notification to the Secretary-General. “Article 11 “A State Party shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that individuals under its jurisdiction are not subjected to ill-treatment or intimidation as a consequence of communicating with the Committee pursuant to this Protocol. “Article 12 “The Committee shall include in its annual report under article 21 of the Convention a summary of its activities under this Protocol. “Article 13 “Each State Party undertakes to make widely known and to give publicity to the Convention and this Protocol and to facilitate access to information about the views and recommendations of the Committee, in particular, on matters involving that State Party. “Article 14 “The Committee shall develop its own rules of procedure to be followed when exercising the functions conferred on it by this Protocol. “Article 15 “1. This Protocol shall be open for signature by any State that has signed, ratified or acceded to the Convention. “2. This Protocol shall be subject to ratification by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Convention. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. “3. This Protocol shall be open to accession by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Convention. “4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. “Article 16 “1. This Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession. “2. For each State ratifying this Protocol or acceding to it after its entry into force, this Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession. “Article 17 “No reservations to this Protocol shall be permitted. “Article 18 5