 | Michelle Kagari, Sophy Thomas - 2006 - 96 pagini
...Torture defines torture to be: Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physica or menta , 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 a third person has committed or... | |
 | Thomas J. Schoenbaum - 2006 - 307 pagini
...may be punished as a war crime or a crime against humanity. The UN Torture Convention defines torture as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is ... inflicted on a person ... by or at the instigation of a public official or other person acting... | |
 | Mirko Bagaric, Julie Clarke - 2007 - 130 pagini
...9. CHAPTER TWO Torture Reality and Legal Position THE LAW ON TORTURE Pursuant to international law, "torture" is defined as: Any act by which severe pain...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... | |
 | Ron Fridell - 2008 - 168 pagini
...heated dehate. The United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT), passed in 1985, defines torture as: 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 suspected... | |
 | Michael Byers - 2007 - 224 pagini
...universally regarded as codifying customary international law. Article 1 of the Convention defines torture as: [A]ny 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... | |
 | Mark Gibney - 2008 - 356 pagini
...minimize what had taken place at Abu Ghraib, namely, torture, which is defined under international law 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." Note that in his apology, Rumsfeld refers to "mistreatment."... | |
 | Marilyn V. Swartz - 2007 - 126 pagini
...define the term. CAT Article 1 specifies that, for purposes of the Convention, "torture" refers to: 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... | |
 | Michael Otterman - 2007 - 300 pagini
...of torture, as adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1984, states in Article 1 that it is '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 ...'. For abuse that falls below the threshold of this definition,... | |
 | Larry May - 2007 - 11 pagini
...Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Article i. The convention's full definition of torture is as follows: "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... | |
 | Ann E. Kent, East-West Center - 2007 - 372 pagini
...Convention def1nes torture as follows: 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... | |
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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... 
