I. THE USE OF TORTURE

Instances of the alleged use of torture

I. THE USE OF TORTURE 5 37 4

The use of torture in order to obtain information

Instances of the alleged use of torture 133 134 53

10. There are other factors which help perpetuate the use of torture.

The domestic laws that prohibit the use of torture should also be enforced.

Now the United States was even attempting to legalize the use of torture.

(c) The use of physical force and torture during interrogations, detention and imprisonment

The denunciation of the use of torture, both in specific instances and in general situations

It also expresses grave concern at reports of widespread use of torture and continuing enforced disappearances.

28. The use or threat of use of weapons that per se violate humanitarian law, such as those listed in resolution 1996 16, can be regarded as torture under the international definition of torture set out in article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

The Commission also expresses grave concern at reports of widespread use of torture and continuing enforced disappearances.

Allegedly, the organization was not permitted to make use of the word torture in its name.

Torture included beatings, including on the soles of the feet, and the use of rollers to the thighs.

We should make use of this day to bring torture to the renewed attention of the world s conscience.

Authorizes the use of electro shock instruments, including taser devices, which can sometimes be used as instruments of torture

(c) Deaths in custody owing to torture, neglect or the use of force, or life threatening conditions of detention

32. The government authorities with whom the Special Rapporteur met were unanimous in condemning the use of torture.

10. Evidence suggests that police use restraining devices in inappropriate ways, subjecting people to torture.

(g) Adopt clear legal provisions prohibiting the use as evidence of any statement obtained under torture and establishing that orders from a superior may not be invoked as a justification of torture

(c) The continuing use of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment such as flogging and amputations

In addition, the use of torture against persons detained in ordinary criminal cases was said to occur with frequency.

(i) Precarious conditions of detention, frequent use of torture, arbitrary detentions, interrogations, and violations of human rights by the security organs

The use of torture for the purpose of extracting confessions or gaining information is prohibited under article 38 of the Constitution.

Concerning the latter practice, international law clearly prohibits the use of coerced or involuntary confessions, as well as the use as evidence of any statement made as a result of torture.

(d) The use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, in particular the practice of amputation and flogging

His Government did not allow the use of torture to elicit confessions or information and was preparing to criminalize such practices.

The Government supplied details about the facts and the proceedings against these persons, but not about the possible use of torture.

Finally, as noted by the representative of Costa Rica, under article 15 of the Convention against Torture the use of evidence that might have been obtained under torture ought to be unacceptable, and yet it did sometimes occur.

The police reportedly use physical and psychological torture during arrest and interrogation and the perpetrators are rarely punished.

145. There was massive use of torture 47 people in Goma were subjected to it for several days from 26 May onwards.

This required the use of torture to identify and locate the leaders, followed by their capture or assassination. Torture was illegal, but, as the Colonel explained, If you want France to stay, you must accept the consequences.

She points out that it was incumbent on the State party to use every means to ensure the protection of individuals from torture.

The allegations were much more serious this time and included claims that he had been subjected to torture involving the use of electricity.

(g) That there is no clear legal provision prohibiting the use as evidence of any statement obtained under torture as well as no clear legal provision stating that an order from a superior may not be invoked as justification of torture

(13) The Committee is concerned about allegations of arbitrary arrests and detention, the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, ill treatment of detainees in police custody and use of torture to extract confession from suspects.

In support of his claim he refers, inter alia, to NGO reports indicating that the use of torture by the police in Bangladesh is common.

One example is the absolute prohibition on the use of torture, a norm so widely accepted as to have the status of customary international law.

The experts also refer to international human rights norms that strictly prohibit the use of torture and other forms of ill treatment under any circumstances.

These concerns include interrogation techniques used to elicit information from terrorist suspects, the use in legal proceedings of evidence obtained by torture, the existence of secret places of detention, and draft legislation that would encourage immigration authorities to return certain persons found to be in danger of torture to the very country that is likely to torture them.

prohibition of torture

Victims of torture

And that was torture, real torture.

However, it notes that violence is a pervasive feature of politics and the police reportedly use torture, beatings and other forms of abuse while interrogating suspects.