 | 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 physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtalninp from him or... | |
 | 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 physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person. Any act of torture is declared to be an... | |
 | Louis B. Sohn - 1986 - 1118 pagini
...agreed as follows: PART I Article 1 1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "torture" means a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed... | |
 | 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,...person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a thid person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed... | |
 | 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, in order:... | |
 | Claude Pilloud, Yves Sandoz, Christophe Swinarski, Bruno Zimmermann - 1987 - 1674 pagini
...adopted on 9 December 1975 by the United Nations General Assembly (Resolution 3452 (XXX)): "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... | |
 | 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...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 person has committed... | |
 | J. Hermann Burgers - 1988 - 300 pagini
...original Swedish draft" was as follows: "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 by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or... | |
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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... 
