Each State Party shall maintain, designate or establish, at the latest one year after the entry into force of the present Protocol or of its ratification or accession, one or several independent national preventive mechanisms for the prevention of torture at the domestic level. Mechanisms established by decentralized units may be designated as national preventive mechanisms for the purposes of the present Protocol if they are in conformity with its provisions.
每一缔约国最迟在本议定书生效或其批准或加入一年后应保持、指定或设立一个或多个独立的国家防范机制，负责在国内一级防范酷刑。为本议定书的目的，在符合议定书规定的前提下，可将地方一级单位所设机制指定为国家防范机制。