 | Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray - 2006 - 220 pagini
...obtaining from him or a third person . . . a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed,...discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is indicated by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other... | |
 | Avril McDonald - 2006 - 894 pagini
...such purposes as ... punishing him or her for an act he or she or a third person has committed ... when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at...public official or other person acting in an official capacity'.544 The term 'acquiescence', as used in the definition of torture, does not require that... | |
 | Jeroen Gutter - 2006 - 459 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'. 302 Article 1, paragraph 1 of the Convention against Torture [emphasis added]. 303 UN Doc. E/CN. 4/1986/15,... | |
 | Henri Alleg - 2006 - 122 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" (Art. i, Sec. i). Moreover, the UN. Convention explicitly states, "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever,... | |
 | Francisco Forrest Martin, Stephen J. Schnably, Richard Wilson, Jonathan Simon, Mark Tushnet - 2006 - 1028 pagini
...Like torture, rape is a violation of personal dignity, and rape in fact constitutes torture when it is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the...official or other person acting in an official capacity. The Tribunal defines rape as a physical invasion of a sexual nature, committed on a person under circumstances... | |
 | Satvinder Singh Juss - 2006 - 362 pagini
...state-condoned acts. The 'act' defined as 'torture' in the Torture Convention, are limited to acts 'inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the...public official or other person acting in an official capacity'.103 Once again, this does not help in respect of people fleeing from failed states. An asylum... | |
 | Sigrun Skogly - 2006 - 235 pagini
...which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person ... by or at the instigation of or with the consent or...public official or other person acting in an official capacity."419 This provision does not specify that the official or the person acting in official capacity... | |
 | Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee - 2006 - 136 pagini
...or punishment which do not amount to torture as defined in article I, when such acts are committed by or at the instigation of or with the consent or...public official or other person acting in an official capacity."3 BIRW believe that extended detention would contravene this article. Individuals held in... | |
 | Conner O'Seanery - 2006 - 148 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... | |
 | Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights - 2006 - 204 pagini
...committed either by a public official or by someone acting ¡n an official capacity, or by someone acting at the instigation of. or with the consent or acquiescence of, a public official or someone acting in an official capacity. As noted above, we believe that detaining someone where the... | |
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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... 
