 | Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) - 1992 - 110 pagini
...official or other person acting in an official capacity . .. Under Article 2 of the UN Convention, No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a...public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for torture. The United Nations Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials states in Article 5 that... | |
 | 1992 - 1032 pagini
...procedural standards does not per se constitute torture." ARTICLE 2 Article 2 provides generally that each State Party shall take effective legislative,...of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. The term "territory under its jurisdiction" refers to all places that the State Party controls as a... | |
 | Lyal S. Sunga - 1992 - 254 pagini
...not free him from responsibility'. State Parties to the Convention are obliged, under Article 2, to take 'effective legislative, administrative, judicial...torture in any territory under its jurisdiction.' No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, not even a state of war, internal political instability, or... | |
 | Günter Hoog, Angela Steinmetz - 1993 - 660 pagini
...instrument or national legislation which does or may contain provisions of wider application. Article 2 1. Each State Party shall take effective legislative,...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture. 3. An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of... | |
 | Arie Bloed - 1993 - 1371 pagini
...withdrawing reservations regarding the competence of the Committee under article 20; (16.3) - stress that no exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture; (16.4) - will ensure that education and information regarding the prohibition against torture are fully... | |
 | Arie Bloed - 1993 - 360 pagini
...explicitly aimed at the prevention of torture. The basic obligation of the states parties is “to take effective legislative, administrative, judicial...torture in any territory under its jurisdiction” (Art. 2)¿ and several other provisions provide for specific measures to be undertaken. Thus, all acts... | |
 | 1993 - 1586 pagini
...lesser forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of punishment. The Convention states that each party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent such acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction, and that no exceptional circumstances,... | |
 | Joan Fitzpatrick - 1994 - 280 pagini
...Treatment or Punishment"' 4 is distinguished by having what might be called a non-derogation clause: "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether...or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a 161. With respect to Turkey, for example, the Committee on Freedom of Association, relying inter aim... | |
 | Human Rights Watch/Middle East - 1994 - 330 pagini
...to provide remedies for acts of torture. The Convention against Torture requires in Article 2 that "Each State Party shall take effective legislative,...torture in any territory under its jurisdiction." The Convention also obliges states parties to review interrogation rules and practices to prevent torture... | |
 | Human Rights Watch/Middle East - 1994 - 330 pagini
...to provide remedies for acts of torture. The Convention against Torture requires in Article 2 that "Each State Party shall take effective legislative,...torture in any territory under its jurisdiction." The Convention also obliges states parties to review interrogation rules and practices to prevent torture... | |
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as follows: 1. Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat... 
