"Published with the support of Austrian Science Fund (FWF): PUB 644-G."

The Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention Against Torture was adopted in 2002 and provides for the establishment of national preventive mechanisms to stop torture from happening. This work sets out the powers of these mechanisms, their role within the international framework against torture, and suggests best practices.

And methodology of the preventive mechanisms under Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture. 5. strategies for the rarification and implementation of Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture.