 | Michael Welch - 2006 - 236 pagini
...Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984): [T]he term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes of obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession,... | |
 | Conner O'Seanery - 2006 - 148 pagini
...provided in jest. Lighten up, already. In the Convention Against Torture of 1984, torture is defined 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,... | |
 | Aleksandr Vladimirovich Avakov - 2006 - 518 pagini
...(February 12-13, 2005). of the conventions to which the United States is a signatory 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 third person information or a confession."2... | |
 | Alfred McCoy - 2006 - 304 pagini
...finally adopted the Convention Against Torture, defining the practice broadly, under Article I, as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purpose as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession.""2... | |
 | Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights - 2006 - 204 pagini
...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 physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as ... punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed".426... | |
 | Sigrun Skogly - 2006 - 235 pagini
...different provisions that place extraterritoriality in a new light. The Convention defines torture as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person ... by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official... | |
 | Antony James William Taylor - 2006 - 234 pagini
...Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) prohibits 'an act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person, for a purpose such as obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation... | |
 | Thomas J. Schoenbaum - 2006 - 307 pagini
...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... | |
 | Darius M. Rejali - 2007 - 892 pagini
...definitions by including intimidation along with confession and information. It states: "Torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...act he has committed, or intimidating him or other persons."11 On this broader view, state agents can practice torture in closed institutions (camps and... | |
 | James Ruiz, Don Hummer - 2007 - 472 pagini
...international human rights instruments]." (b) The Declaration defines torture as follows: "... torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether...confession, punishing him for an act he has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating him or other persons. It does not include pain or... | |
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