Convention Against Torture: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, January 30, 1990, Volumul 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 196 pagini |
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... Declaration of Human Rights . It has now been ratified by 50 States and signed by 22 others . The convention represents a major step forward in the interna- tional community's campaign to combat torture , because it makes . torture a ...
... Declaration of Human Rights . It has now been ratified by 50 States and signed by 22 others . The convention represents a major step forward in the interna- tional community's campaign to combat torture , because it makes . torture a ...
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... declarations were approved by the Senate in its resolution of ratification . I had a little something to do with that . Sam Irvin started the job , I will say to my friend Judge Sofaer . Now , that package , voted upon in its entirety ...
... declarations were approved by the Senate in its resolution of ratification . I had a little something to do with that . Sam Irvin started the job , I will say to my friend Judge Sofaer . Now , that package , voted upon in its entirety ...
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... declarations by the Bush administration ? There seem to be a difference here . As I am sure you are all well aware , I voted to override the President's veto on the issue of statutory temporary asylum for Chinese students . Is the PRC a ...
... declarations by the Bush administration ? There seem to be a difference here . As I am sure you are all well aware , I voted to override the President's veto on the issue of statutory temporary asylum for Chinese students . Is the PRC a ...
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... declarations that are now proposed which now include the capital punishment un- derstanding that we have just ... declarations in which torture is condemned under international law . This conven- tion builds on those declarations and ...
... declarations that are now proposed which now include the capital punishment un- derstanding that we have just ... declarations in which torture is condemned under international law . This conven- tion builds on those declarations and ...
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... declarations . We wish to thank , Mr. Chairman , your staff , the staff of this committee , and the many people in private organizations who worked with us in developing this modified package . We think they showed an appro- priate ...
... declarations . We wish to thank , Mr. Chairman , your staff , the staff of this committee , and the many people in private organizations who worked with us in developing this modified package . We think they showed an appro- priate ...
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Pagina 167 - Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949; the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea of 12 August 1949; the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War...
Pagina 169 - torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent...
Pagina 16 - ... whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person...
Pagina 71 - Covenant may at any time declare under this article that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications to the effect that a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under the present Covenant.
Pagina 56 - Each State Party shall include this prohibition in the rules or instructions issued in regard to the duties and functions of any such persons. Article 11 Each State Party shall keep under systematic review interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices as well as arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment in any territory under its jurisdiction, with a view to preventing any cases of torture.
Pagina 151 - No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.
Pagina 75 - No State Party shall expel, return ('refouler') or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
Pagina 57 - Declaration, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or confession, punishing him for an act he has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating him or other persons.
Pagina 157 - Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment...
Pagina 57 - ... or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.