...torture from the CAT — the one uncorrupted by the United States' various understandings — states that torture is '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 ...'....

...Degrading Treatment or Punishment (known as the Torture Convention), adopted on December 10, 1984, torture is "any act by which severe pain or suffering,...whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person," for purposes such as: • obtaining information or a confession from the individual or...

...any act by which severe pain and 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 person has committed or is suspected of having...

...Convention against Torture provides: For the purposes of this Convention, the term "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,...

...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 physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession,...

...regarded as codifying customary international law. Article 1 of the Convention defines torture as: [A]ny 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,...

...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 physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession."...

...Reality and Legal Position THE LAW ON TORTURE Pursuant to international law, "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,...

...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 physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession,...

...or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, by way of prominent example, states: The term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person/or such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing...