The Phenomenon of Torture: Hearings and Markup Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Its Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.J. Res. 605, May 15, 16; September 6, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 296 pagini |
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... Convention and the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights . In 1975 the United Nations unanimously adopted the Declaration against Torture . Now that organization has drafted two proposals that would strengthen ...
... Convention and the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights . In 1975 the United Nations unanimously adopted the Declaration against Torture . Now that organization has drafted two proposals that would strengthen ...
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... conventions to promote , protect and fashion regional and international human rights . Finally , I would hope that the subcommittee would call on the executive branch to support the draft Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel and ...
... conventions to promote , protect and fashion regional and international human rights . Finally , I would hope that the subcommittee would call on the executive branch to support the draft Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel and ...
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... conventions to which both countries are parties . International and Regional Organizations ' Condemnation of Uruguay's Military Government The persistence of Uruguay's grave human rights violations has been denounced repeatedly by ...
... conventions to which both countries are parties . International and Regional Organizations ' Condemnation of Uruguay's Military Government The persistence of Uruguay's grave human rights violations has been denounced repeatedly by ...
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... Conventions and the 1977 Protocols thereto . A state party to one of these human rights treaties , as Uruguay is to the Covenant and its ... Convention on Human Rights , respectively . tions . And their commission by such persons during a 56.
... Conventions and the 1977 Protocols thereto . A state party to one of these human rights treaties , as Uruguay is to the Covenant and its ... Convention on Human Rights , respectively . tions . And their commission by such persons during a 56.
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... Conventions or Articles 4 to 6 of Protocol II . The Role of Congress in Responding to Torture As some members of this Subcommittee might recall , the Congress , with strong bipartisan support , began in the late 1970s to attach human ...
... Conventions or Articles 4 to 6 of Protocol II . The Role of Congress in Responding to Torture As some members of this Subcommittee might recall , the Congress , with strong bipartisan support , began in the late 1970s to attach human ...
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Pagina 266 - Rights, both of which provide that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Having regard also to the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment...
Pagina 257 - No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.
Pagina 261 - National law ordinarily restricts the use of force by law enforcement officials in accordance with a principle of proportionality. It is to be understood that such national principles of proportionality are to be respected in the interpretation of this provision. In no case should this provision be interpreted to authorize the use of force which is disproportionate to the legitimate objective to be achieved.
Pagina 268 - 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...
Pagina 252 - All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.
Pagina 17 - For the purposes of this section — (1) the term "gross violations of internationally recognized human rights" includes torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges and trial, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of person; and (2) the term "security assistance...
Pagina 257 - Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation, wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been committed in any territory under its jurisdiction.
Pagina 261 - Law Enforcement officials may use force only when strictly necessary and to the extent required for the performance of their duty. Commentary: (a) This provision emphasizes that the use of force by law enforcement officials should be exceptional; while it implies that law enforcement officials may be authorized to use force as is reasonably necessary under the circumstances for the prevention of crime or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders, no force...
Pagina 291 - 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 265 - Having regard also to the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted by the General Assembly...