 | Henri Alleg - 2006 - 122 pagini
...1984 United Nations Convention AgainstTorture, ratified by the United States in 1994, defines torture 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... | |
 | Sarah Joseph - 2006 - 503 pagini
...agreed as follows: PARTI Article 1 1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "torture" means 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... | |
 | Dylan Rodr Ưguez - 331 pagini
...Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, states: [T]he term "torture" means 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 be or a third person has committed... | |
 | Kristian Williams - 2006 - 292 pagini
...to the following legal formulations: Article 1 of the UN Convention Against Torture defines torture as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him [sic] or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person... | |
 | Francisco Forrest Martin, Stephen J. Schnably, Richard Wilson, Jonathan Simon, Mark Tushnet - 2006 - 1028 pagini
...Degrading Treatment or Punishment Parti Article 1 1. For the purposes of this Convention, torture means 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... | |
 | Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray - 2006 - 220 pagini
...the escalating use of isolation through For the purposes of this Convention, the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person . . . a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is... | |
 | Mia Ingels - 2006 - 354 pagini
...to 609. 2.2.2.3 Long complex sentences For the purposes of this Convention, the term 'torture' means 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... | |
 | K. M. Hill - 2006 - 215 pagini
...Degrading Treatment or Punishment Parti Article 1 1 For the purposes of this Convention, torture means 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... | |
 | Steven D. Roper, Lilian A. Barria - 2006 - 216 pagini
...all legitimate means. Section 7 Torture 7.1 For the purposes of the present regulation, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him/her or a third person information or a confession, punishing him/her for an act he/she or a third... | |
 | Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights - 2006 - 204 pagini
...definition is read in light of the definition set out in UN Convention against Torture which defines torture as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as ... punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed".426 It would seem from the evidence... | |
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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... 
