 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1984 - 304 pagini
...international human rights instruments*/." (b_) The Declaration defines tcrture as follows: "... torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...a public official on a person for such purposes as obtalninp from him or a third person information or confession, punishinp him for an act he has committed... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1984 - 312 pagini
...they themselves agreed upon In 1975. Article 1 1. For the purpose of this Declaration, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of • public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information... | |
 | Bertrand G. Ramcharan - 1985 - 386 pagini
...subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment defines torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...the instigation of a public official on a person. Any act of torture is declared to be an offence to human dignity and is condemned as a denial of the... | |
 | Louis B. Sohn - 1986 - 1118 pagini
...agreed as follows: PART I Article 1 1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "torture" means on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession,... | |
 | Inter-American Commission on Human Right - 1987 - 1282 pagini
...Organization. 1 8. The 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture mentioned above defines torture as: ... 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 thid person information or a confession, punishing... | |
 | M. Cherif Bassiouni - 1987 - 518 pagini
...No. VII.22. Article VIII. Torture Section 1. Acts of Torture 1.0 The crime of torture is any conduct by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person by or at the instigation of a public official or for which a public official is responsible,... | |
 | E. Lauterpacht - 1988 - 790 pagini
...Penal Nos. 3 & 4, at 211 (1977). 11. Article 1 1. For the purpose of this Declaration, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public ufficiai on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or confession,... | |
 | David A. Martin - 1988 - 244 pagini
...the United Nations Convention is only applicable in cases of torture, which is defined by article 1 as 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,... | |
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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... 
