 | Laura K. Donohue - 2008
...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,...any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted US 165 (Jan. 2., 1952.). However, the case law suggests that even dreadful acts, if done for legitimate... | |
 | Erin H. Kimmerle, Jose Pablo Baraybar - 2008 - 520 pagini
...a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession ... when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at...official or other person acting in an official capacity. Implicit in this definition is the fact that torture includes acts designed primarily to inflict harm... | |
 | Philip B. Heymann - 2008 - 432 pagini
...intentionally inflicted on a person" for the purpose of obtaining information, punishing, or intimidating him, "when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at...official or other person acting in an official capacity." The treaty did not provide a comparable definition of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" — sometimes... | |
 | S. William A. Gunn, Michele Masellis - 2007 - 324 pagini
...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,...intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or any for reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or... | |
 | Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good - 2008 - 465 pagini
...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 for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or... | |
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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... 
