Torture - Wikipedia
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. …
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
Throughout the ages some extremely brutal methods of torture and execution have come and gone. And there are a few that have not yet gone, too. Read on about these 15 terrifying types …
Torture | Human Rights, Psychological Effects & Prevention
2024年11月5日 · torture, the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a confession, or inflicting punishment. It is normally …
Torture - Amnesty International
Torture is when somebody in an official capacity inflicts severe mental or physical pain or suffering on somebody else for a specific purpose. Sometimes authorities torture a person to extract a …
Torture - Human Rights Watch
2024年7月23日 · Human Rights Watch documents the use of torture all over the world. We are committed to pressing government authorities to act to prevent torture, as well as bringing …
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or …
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 …
Torture - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2006年2月7日 · The first part concerns the definition of torture and addresses the question, what is torture? The second part concerns the defining features of torture from a moral standpoint …
Torture around the world: what you need to know - Amnesty International
2015年6月22日 · While many countries made significant strides in combating torture, governments around the world are still using torture to extract information, force confessions, …
Torture | OHCHR
2024年10月10日 · International law prohibits torture at all times and in all places, even in situations of armed conflict or public emergency. There are no exceptions. States have made …
Special Rapporteur on torture | OHCHR
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, in resolution 1985/33, decided to appoint …