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4/30. by the European Commission of Human Rights.3This decision explicitly held that deprivation of food and other items constitutes an “act” of torture.4. Moreover, pain and suffering may be either physical or mental.5Thus, the threat of torture or mock executions is comprised within this concept of mental suffering.6.
Torture is the intentional destruction of a human being by another. The methods by which severe pain and suffering are inflicted vary, but they all have the same objective: to break a person, erase them as an individual, and deny they are human. Most of the time, torture evokes physical suffering, such as beatings or electrical shocks, and ...
TORTURE 意味, 定義, TORTURE は何か: 1. the act of causing great physical or mental pain in order to persuade someone to do something or…. もっと見る
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty. 2. a method of inflicting such pain. 3. (often tortures) the pain or suffering caused or undergone. 4. extreme anguish of body or mind; agony. 5. a cause of severe pain or anguish.
Definition of torture noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The definition of torture used is as follows: As used in this chapter— (1) "torture" means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control;
This opinion interprets the federal criminal prohibition against torture codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340– 2340A. It supersedes in its entirety the August 1, 2002 opinion of this Office entitled Standards of Conduct under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340–2340A. That statute prohibits conduct “specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental ...
