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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Pagina 13
... principles , is so imprecise as to raise the specter of fundamental unfairness . While we realize that no reservation , understanding or declara- tion will by itself stop the outlaw nations intending to harm the United States , we ...
... principles , is so imprecise as to raise the specter of fundamental unfairness . While we realize that no reservation , understanding or declara- tion will by itself stop the outlaw nations intending to harm the United States , we ...
Pagina 17
... principles of international law . In an effort to overcome this unacceptable element of vagueness in Article 1 of the Convention , we have proposed an understanding which defines severe mental pain constituting torture with sufficient ...
... principles of international law . In an effort to overcome this unacceptable element of vagueness in Article 1 of the Convention , we have proposed an understanding which defines severe mental pain constituting torture with sufficient ...
Pagina 35
... principles of inter- national law and the rule of law in the world , we are looking for the mechanisms to make those general principles a reality that will nonetheless ensure fairness . And there are things that have happened in the ...
... principles of inter- national law and the rule of law in the world , we are looking for the mechanisms to make those general principles a reality that will nonetheless ensure fairness . And there are things that have happened in the ...
Pagina 39
... principle of develop- ing a convention against torture ? Mr. SOFAER . Oh , definitely not , Senator . I think that our reserva- tions - some of them are positively helpful . The definitional reser- vations and understandings I believe ...
... principle of develop- ing a convention against torture ? Mr. SOFAER . Oh , definitely not , Senator . I think that our reserva- tions - some of them are positively helpful . The definitional reser- vations and understandings I believe ...
Pagina 43
... Libya for evidence pertaining to those charges and , to the extent that it was not forthcoming , I think it would reflect on its commitment to abide by the principles of the convention . So , I think , just to complement what Judge 43.
... Libya for evidence pertaining to those charges and , to the extent that it was not forthcoming , I think it would reflect on its commitment to abide by the principles of the convention . So , I think , just to complement what Judge 43.
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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.