 | Rebecca J. Cook - 1994 - 634 pagini
...him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act that he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed,...by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiesrenre of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. 1t does not include... | |
 | Henryk Leszek Zieliński - 1994 - 117 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,...suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in a official capacity. It does... | |
 | Yoram Dinstein, Mala Tabory - 1994 - 432 pagini
...Article 1 of the Convention restricts the definition of torture to the infliction of pain or suffering "at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence...public official or other person acting in an official capacity".81 The intention of this wording is to distinguish between official and private acts. A private... | |
 | Naomi Roht-Arriaza - 1995 - 416 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,...for any reason based on discrimination of any kind." 19. Id., p. 197. 20. Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons, resolution adopted... | |
 | Roger Peters - 1995 - 372 pagini
...the international legal definition of torture is that it takes place in the public realm: it must be "inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the...public official or other person acting in an official capacity."11 Although many women are victims of torture in this "public" sense,14 by far the greatest... | |
 | Theresia Degener, Yolan Koster-Dreese - 1995 - 757 pagini
...or punishment which do not amount to torture as defined in Article 1, when such acts are committed by or at the instigation of or with the consent or...official or other person acting in an official capacity. In particular, the obligations contained in Articles 10, 11, 12 and 13 shall apply with the substitution... | |
 | M. Cherif Bassiouni, Ziyad Motala - 1995 - 477 pagini
...already discussed. Article 1 prohibits torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment when "afflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or...official or other person acting in an official capacity" and Article 4 requires that the above acts be made criminal offences. Articles 13 and 14 require that... | |
 | Judith Bessant, Richard Hil, Rob Watts - 2005 - 153 pagini
...for reasons of punishment, intimidation or coercion, or for a discriminatory reason. Torture may be inflicted by, or at the instigation of, or with the consent or acquiescence of, a person acting in an official capacity. Mandatory detention is meant to deter people-smugglers and their... | |
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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... 
