...guideline for all States and other entities exercising effective power. The Declaration defines torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official for such purpose as obtaining from him or a third person...

...set forth in the United States instrument of ratification to the Convention. (b) Torture means: (1) Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...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...

...set forth in the United States instrument of ratification to the Convention. (b) Torture means: (1) Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...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...

...the delegation of Sweden was as follows: "1. For the purpose of the present Convention, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person by or at the institgation or with the consent or the acquiescence of a public official or other person...

...convention (E/CN.4/1285) was as follows: "1. For the purpose of the present Convention, 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...

...condemnations of torture. It provided a definition of torture lacking in the earlier instruments: torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally afflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person, for such purposes as obtaining...

...OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT Article 1 1. For the purpose of this 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...

...34:>2 (XXX) of 9 December 1975. 1 ) Article 1 1. For the purpose of this 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...

...Treatment or Punishment, which was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly (Res. 3452 (XXX), defines torture as follows: 'any act by which severe...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...

...they themselves agreed upon In 1975. Article 1 1. For the purpose of this Declaration, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of • public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him...