 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1990 - 204 pagini
...vote, Dec. 9, 1975. (41) Torture is denned in Art. 1, para. 1: « For the purposes 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 for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1990 - 202 pagini
...Dec. 9, 1975. (41) Torture is defined in Art. 1, para. 1: « For the purposes 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 for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person... | |
 | Barbara J. Eckstein - 1990 - 228 pagini
...physical coercion by officers of the state in order to gather evidence.. . [or] to extract information”; “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... | |
 | Human Rights Watch - 1991 - 930 pagini
...along with three other major human rights conventions. * The Torture Convention defines torture as "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." The General... | |
 | Human Rights Watch - 1991 - 930 pagini
...along with three other major human rights conventions. * The Torture Convention defines torture as "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." The General... | |
 | 1991 - 1542 pagini
...the violation allegedly occurred. The definition of "torture" in the legislation is limited to acts by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted for such purposes as obtaining a confession, punishment, or coercion. This language essentially tracks... | |
 | Thomas B. Jabine, Richard Pierre Claude - 1992 - 488 pagini
...fear of repression or punishment.” 3 ' 6. Torture. According to the 1984 UN Convention, torture is “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... | |
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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 on a person by or at the 
