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 259 - 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...
Pagina 268 - 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 262 - Among the relevant international instruments are the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the...
Pagina 259 - 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 259 - Any act of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is an offence to human dignity and shall be condemned as a denial of the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and as a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Pagina 259 - Article 1 appears to have been committed, criminal proceedings shall be instituted against the alleged offender or offenders in accordance with national law. If an allegation of other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is considered to be well founded, the alleged offender or offenders shall be subject to criminal, disciplinary or other appropriate proceedings.
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 243 - Indeed, for purposes of civil liability, the torturer has become — like the pirate and slave trader before him — hostis humani generis, an enemy of all mankind.
Pagina 271 - It is a contravention of medical ethics for health personnel, particularly physicians, to be involved in any professional relationship with prisoners or detainees the purpose of which is not solely to evaluate, protect or improve their physical and mental health.
Pagina 293 - No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment or treatment. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.