Torture definition

Torture means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions;

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 that person or from a third person information or a confession, punishing that person for an act that either that person or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing that person or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted either by or at the instigation of, or with the consent or acquiescence of, a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not, however, include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful penalties;

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;

Examples of Torture in a sentence

• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dec.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984): (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code.

• Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

• The definitions in this subsection incorporate the definition of torture contained in Article 1 of the Convention Against Torture, subject to the reservations, understandings, dec- larations, and provisos contained in the United States Senate resolution of ratification of the Convention.

• Advocacy Forum Nepal, Advocating against Torture in 2016 – The Challenges of Achieving Justice (June 2017, Kathmandu), available at: http://www.omct.org/files/2017/09/24527/nepal_advocating_against_torture_in_2016.pdf Balfour R, ‘The (Resistable) Rise of Populism in Europe and its Impact on European and International Cooperation’, IEMed.

More Definitions of Torture

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 which the person or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing the person or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity; and

Torture means to inflict:

Torture means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the control of the

Torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes of—

Torture means to cause intense pain to body or mind for purposes of punishment or extraction of information or for sadistic purposes.

Torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for the purpose of-

Torture means [to intentionally inflict] the intentional infliction of intense physical pain upon an unwilling victim as a separate objective apart from any other purpose.