primary sources date February 2009 The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or shortly Committee for the Prevention of Torture CPT is the anti torturecommittee of the Council of Europe . It has been described as a striking inroad into the usually ... vi y ban ph ng ch ng Tra t n c a ch u u yo European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ... Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1987 , which ... evidence of a practice of torture, the CPT may make a unilateral public statement . All 47 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the Convention for the Prevention of Torture. Protocol ... en CPT Home Page International human rights organizations DEFAULTSORT Committee For The Prevention Of Torture Category Council of Europe Category Intergovernmental human rights organizations Category .... The findings deal not so much with individual cases of torture but with the identification of situations at risk that may lead to torture. The CPT reports are confidential and will be published ... the OPCAT optional protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture 2006 . Members of the CPT are independent ... system. They are elected for a four year term by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers , the Council of Europe s decision making body, and can be re elected ..., usually of two or more CPT members, accompanied by members of the Committee s Secretariat and, if necessary ... ad hoc visits if necessary. The Committee must notify the State concerned but need not specify ... the state must immediately take steps to enable the Committee to visit as soon as possible ... for abuses. The Committee therefore meets in camera and its reports are strictly confidential. Nevertheless, if a country fails to co operate or refuses to improve the situation in the light of the Committee ... may request publication of the Committee s report, together with its comments. In addition, the CPT ... more details
The Association for the Prevention of Torture APT is an international non governmental organisation focused on the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. The organization was founded in 1977 by Jean Jacques Gautier under the name Swiss Committee against Torture . APT believes that prevention of torture is best achieved through three integrated elements effective monitoring legal and policy frameworks and ensuring determination and capability on the part of international and national actors. Activities The APT pursues its goals through four broad categories of activities. ref cite web url http www.apt.ch index.php?option com k2&view item&layout item&id 666&Itemid 41&lang en title APT Introduction ref Develop legal instruments APT offers legal advice and is involved in the drafting of legal instruments to prevent torture. APT has contributed to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment UN Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol OPCAT the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and the Robben Island Guidelines for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture in Africa. Advocate for preventive mechanisms APT engages in direct advocacy at several levels. Strengthen capacities APT works with national, regional, and international partners to strengthen their capacity to prevent torture. APT advises on specific techniques for implementing monitoring, training in legal issues, and legislative reform. Produce practical tools APT develops materials and publishes various resources. Structure and Partnerships The APT Board is elected annually by the APT General ... Against Torture References reflist External links http www.apt.ch Association for the Prevention of Torture official website humanrights stub International human rights organizations Category International ... NGOs Against Torture CINAT The International Detention Coalition APT has been recognized with the following ... more details
The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was adopted by the member states of the Council of Europe , meeting at Strasbourg on 26 November 1987. It was subsequently amended by two Protocols that entered into force on 1 March 2002. Overseeing compliance with its provisions of the Convention is the task of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture , which was set up by the Convention. After the European Convention on Human Rights , the Convention for the Prevention of Torture is widely regarded as being one of the most important of the Council of Europe s treaties. It has been ratified by all 47 of the Council of Europe s member states, and ratification of the Convention has been a pre condition for all states who have joined the Council of Europe in the last few years. See also European Social Charter United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Further reading http www.cpt.coe.int en documents ecpt.htm European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment International human rights legal instruments Category Council of Europe conventions and covenants Category Anti torture laws Category Human rights instruments Category Treaties concluded in 1987 Euro law stub de Europ ische Antifolterkonvention lv Eiropas Konvencija par sp dzin anas nov r anu ru vi C ng c ph ng ch ng Tra t n c a ch u u ... more details
NPOV language date June 2010 Refimprove date February 2012 The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel PCATI is an Israel i human rights organisation specifically dedicated to combating torture , and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment and punishment CIDT . PCATI, an independent human rights organization, was founded in 1990 in reaction to what it describes as the ongoing policy of the Israeli government, which permitted the systematic use of torture and ill treatment in General Security Service GSS interrogations . ref name p au cite web title About PCATI url http www.stoptorture.org.il en odot publisher Public committee against Torture ref PCATI monitors Prison detention centers and continues the struggle against the use of torture in interrogation in Israel through legal means, support ... Arabic version References references DEFAULTSORT Public Committee Against Torture In Israel Category Human rights organizations based in Israel de Public Committee Against Torture in Israel fr Comit public contre la torture en Isra l ... its struggle against the use torture in Israel and for the implementation of international law and international ... territories Occupied Palestinian Territories with the aim of protecting them from torture and ill ... the use of various means of torture that were systematically employed by the GSS until that time. Following this, there was a significant decrease in the number of complaints regarding torture or the use ... 2000, there was, again, a sharp increase in the number of complaints of torture and ill treatment ... of torture or CIDT. PCATI has, in addition continued to search for additional ways to combat torture, CIDT and related violations of human rights and particularly the issue of impunity, and to develop ... torture, impunity and related violations of human rights. PCATI hopes in this way to influence ... of Torture and Abuse that accused Israel of torturing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners by shackling ... more details
The International Technical Committee for the Prevention and Extinction of Fire lang fr Comit Technique International de Pr vention et d Extinction du Feu CTIF is the international association of fire and rescue service s. Established in 1900 the organization has at present 48 member country countries and 46 associate members. ref http www.ctif.org Objectives CTIF ref References reflist use dmy dates date November 2010 DEFAULTSORT International Technical Committee For The Prevention And Extinction Of Fire Category Firefighting Category International organizations int org stub de CTIF pl Mi dzynarodowy Komitet Techniczny Prewencji i Zwalczania Po ar w sv CTIF ... more details
Deleted image removed Image Temple mount works.jpg thumb 350px Construction work taking place atop the Temple Mount , which destroys valuable archaeological data. The Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount is an apolitical group of archaeologists , intellectuals and other prominent individuals from the left and right. Its most outspoken member is the prominent archaeologist, Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University in Jerusalem . The group was formed in response to concerns about Temple Mount Damage to antiquities damage to antiquities at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by construction work being carried out there. See also Temple Mount Destruction of sites associated with early Islam Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation Excavations at the Temple Mount External links http templemountdestruction.com Committee home page http www.echad.info templemount cpdatm.html Committee statement of purpose http www.echad.info templemount The Temple Mount Archaeological Destruction Category Organizations based in Israel Category Archaeological organisations Category Temple Mount Israel org stub ... more details
docs AdvanceVersions CAT.C.USA.CO.2.pdf PDF file of United Nations Committee Against Torture second ... national preventive mechanism for tortureprevention at the domestic level Citation needed date ...Other uses Image Diverse torture instruments.jpg right thumb 250px A variety of torture instruments including, at right, the iron maiden torture iron maiden of Nuremberg . Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain whether physical abuse physical or Psychological torture psychological as a means of punishment ... history, torture has taken on a wide variety of forms, and has often been used as a method of political ... torture, individuals or groups may be motivated to inflict torture on others for similar reasons to those of a state however, the motive for torture can also be for the Sadomasochism sadistic gratification of the torturer. Torture is prohibited under international law and the domestic laws of most ... . Signatories of the Third Geneva Convention and Fourth Geneva Convention officially agree not to torture prisoners in armed conflicts. Torture is also prohibited by the United Nations Convention Against Torture , which has been ratified by 147 countries. ref cite web url http treaties.un.org pages ... UN accessdate 7 October 2010 ref National and international legal prohibitions on torture derive from a consensus that torture and similar ill treatment are immoral, as well as impractical. ref ... en title Torture and Ill Treatment in the War on Terror date 2005 11 01 accessdate 2008 10 22 ref Despite ... International , the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims report widespread use ... currently practice torture, some of them openly. ref name Amnesty08 Cite web publisher Amnesty ... eng report 08 at a glance archivedate July 8, 2008 ref Definitions Torture , according to the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture an advisory measure of the UN General Assembly .... UN Convention Against Torture ref http www.un.org millennium law iv 9.htm Convention against Torture ... more details
The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is a group in the Gaza Strip responsible for enforcing Muslim codes of behavior. ref name accused ref name islamic ref name police According to journalist Khaled Abu Toameh and Middle East researcher Dr. Jonathan Spyer, the group forms part of the police forces of the Hamas de facto government. ref name accused ref name islamic Jonathan Spyer, http fr.jpost.com servlet Satellite?cid 1254163537553&pagename JPost JPArticle ShowFull Analysis The Islamic republic of Gaza , Jerusalem Post 29 09 2009 ref In 2009, the Hamas government s Islamic Endowment Ministry has deployed Virtue Committee members to warn citizens of the dangers of immodest dress, card playing and dating. ref name bloomberg http www.bloomberg.com apps news?pid newsarchive&sid aB2RfynNbLmk Hamas Bans Women Dancers, Scooter Riders in Gaza Push By Daniel Williams, Bloomberg, November 30, 2009 ref The force was aimed to fight those who are being corrupted by Satan, and do not observe sharia law. ref AKI, http www.adnkronos.com AKI English Security ?id 1.0.1399729803 Middle East New Jihadi Cells Multiply in the Gaza Strip , October 8, 2007. In Gaza, there also appears to be a morality police, or authority for the propagation of morality and the prohibition of vice, a name frequently used by Saudi Arabia s religious police and used by Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, to impose and respect Islamic rules. ref ref name accused Khaled Abu Toameh, http fr.jpost.com servlet Satellite?pagename JPost JPArticle ShowFull&cid 1246443716574 They accused me ..., National Review . August 15, 2007 ref Overview The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention ..., The Guardian ref See also Portalbox Islam Palestine Law enforcement Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Afghanistan Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention ... Post reported that the Committee is a police force that operates under the command of the Hamas ... more details
Politics of Saudi Arabia The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice abbreviated CPVPV in Arabic language Arabic and formerly called the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Elimination of Sin or CAVES or HAIA ref http arabnews.com saudiarabia article101835.ece Arab News ref is the Saudi Arabia n government bureaucracy employing religious police or mutaween romanization of Arabic romanized in English to enforce Sharia Law within that Islamic nation. See Mutaween for a list of variant spellings and an extended description of Islamic religious police. Its approximately 3,500 members, and many more volunteers, patrol the streets enforcing Clothing laws by country dress code s, strict sex segregation separation of men and women , salah prayer by Muslims during prayer times, and other behavior it believes to be commanded by Islam. They are known for wearing henna dyed beards and loose fitting red headscarves and are armed ... Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Afghanistan Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Gaza Strip New York Society for the Suppression of Vice Secret police References Reflist 2 External links Commons category Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Saudi Arabia http www.hisbah.gov.sa Official site of Province ... Arabia topics Saudi security forces DEFAULTSORT Committee For The Promotion Of Virtue And The Prevention ... in a homosexuality case that was referred to it by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention ... Say No To Sorcery Suits ref Controversy Image Mukfellas.png frame right Seal of the Committee In May ... was burnt to death after having her tongue cut out by her father, a member of the Committee .... ISBN 037541486X ref Reform In May 2006 it was announced that the committee would no longer be allowed ... and the Prevention of Vice with a very similar religious policing function. The Taliban are thought ... more details
The Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Committee Against Torture is periodically submitted by the United States United States government government , through the State Department , to the United Nations Committee Against Torture . In October 2005, the report focused on the detention of suspects in the War on Terror , including those held in Guant namo Bay . This particular Periodic Report is significant as the first official response of the U.S. government to allegations that prisoners are mistreated in Guant namo Bay and in Afghanistan . The report denies those allegations. The report does not address detainees held by the Central Intelligence Agency . The original text for the report is available http www.state.gov g drl rls State Department original documents pertaining to Reports to U.N. on Second Periodic Report of the United States of America to the Committee Against Torture, and Third Periodic Report. http www.state.gov g drl rls 55712.htm Update to Annex One of the Second Periodic Report October 21, 2005 See also Enemy combatant & Unlawful combatant Enhanced interrogation techniques Extraordinary rendition Torture War Crimes Act of 1996 Criticisms of the War on Terrorism DEFAULTSORT Periodic Report Of The United States Of America To The United Nations Committee Against Torture Category Iraq War Category Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States Category Torture Category Human rights abuses Category International criminal law Category Laws of war Category Reports of the United States government ... more details
wiktionary Prevention to avoid doing stay away from dangerous or risky things. Prevention refers to Preventive medicine Preventive Medicine journal Hazard prevention , the process of risk study and elimination and mitigation in emergency management Risk prevention Risk management Preventive maintenance Crime prevention Pollution prevention The prevent defense in American football Prevention album , an album by Scottish band De Rosa Prevention magazine , a magazine about health in the United States Prevent company , a former company from Slovenia Prevent campaign , an anti radicalization program in the United Kingdom Disambig bg ca Prevenci de Pr vention es Prevenci n fr Pr vention hr Prevencija ru simple Prevention disambiguation sk Prevencia sv Prevention uk ... more details
Italic title Infobox journal title Torture cover File Torture20 1 2010 cover.jpg editor Henrik Marcussen discipline Physical medicine and rehabilitation Rehabilitation medicine abbreviation Torture publisher International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims country frequency Triannually history 1991 present openaccess Yes license impact impact year website http www.irct.org library torture journal.aspx link1 http www.irct.org library torture journal latest issue.aspx link1 name Online access link2 http www.irct.org library torture journal back issues.aspx link2 name Online archive JSTOR OCLC 29707439 LCCN CODEN ISSN 1018 8185 eISSN 1997 3322 Torture is a Peer review peer reviewed medical journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture, published by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims , indexed in MEDLINE . The focus of the journal is biomedicine, psychology, and rehabilitation, but also on epidemiology, social sciences, and other disciplines related to torture. The journal has been published since 1991 as Torture Quarterly Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture , and was relaunched as Torture in 2004. Notable articles Important contributions include Jos Quiroga Quiroga, J , Jaranson, J 2005 . http www.irct.org Admin Public DWSDownload.aspx?File Files Filer TortureJournal 15 1 2005 Torture15 2 3 2005.pdf Politically motivated torture and its survivors a desk study review of the literature . External links Official http www.irct.org library torture journal.aspx Category Torture Category Medical journals Category Triannual journals Category Publications established in 1991 Category English language journals med journal stub ... more details
expert subject Psychology date August 2009 Psychological torture is a type of torture that relies primarily ... psychological torture involves the use of physical violence, there is a continuum between psychological torture and physical torture. The two are often used in conjunction with one another, and often overlap in practice, with the fear and pain induced by physical torture often resulting in long term psychological effects, and many forms of psychological torture involving some form of pain or coercion. Many forms of psychological torture methods attempt to destroy the subject s normal self image ... threats operate on the same fear inducing principle. Another method is indirect torture, in which a victim is forced to witness the torture of another person, often a loved one. This preys on the victim ... but spared physical harm that might affect his or her ability to comply. While psychological torture ... psychological rather than physical torture it can result in similar levels of permanent mental damage to its victims. ref cite web url http www.newscientist.com article dn11313 psychological torture as bad as physical torture.html title Psychological torture as bad as physical torture author Roxanne ... torture methods may have been devised by, or in conjunction with, doctors and psychologists. ref cite web url http www.mindhacks.com blog 2008 02 psychological tortur.html title Psychological torture ... extensive use of psychological torture techniques at Guantanamo Bay and other sites subsequent ... title The US psychological torture system is finally on trial author Naomi Klein publisher ... 11 mccoy title The CIA s secret history of psychological torture publisher Salon.com author Alfred W. McCoy date June 11, 2009 ref Many other countries have been accused of using psychological torture, including Iran . ref cite web url http ncr iran.org content view 6763 1 title NCRI Women s Committee calls for release of Taraneh Mousavi publisher Women s Committee of the National Council of Resistance ... more details
on 8 November 2009 ref Later the Committee for the Prevention of Torture European Committee for the Prevention .... The Committee for the Prevention of Torture The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ... for the Prevention of Torture observed that the most severe methods of ill treatment encountered ... for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 1988. The reports .... ...the Committee has continued to receive credible reports of torture and ill treatment ...The widespread and systematic use of torture in torture in Turkey was first observed by Amnesty International AI after the 1971 Turkish coup d tat . ref name AI1987 The File on Torture that was included ... Reports of Amnesty International File on Torture File on Torture in Pictures ref The government under Recep Tayyip Erdo an declared zero tolerance against torture in 2004, ref See http www.dw world.de ... of torture seem to be on the rise since 2005. ref name unhcr http www.unhcr.org refworld docid 4a6452771e.html ... in Turkey when the victim is suspended by the arms tied on the back History The history of torture ... and Torture in our Political Culture , leti im Yay nlar 172, April 1992, ISBN 975 470 249 7 ref The Committee of Union and Progress used the place known as the tr Bekira a B l Bekira a ... as a special torture place. ref name taner ref Similar information page 317 of the book can be found ... 1 Torture 1 with History and Stories of Victims Collected by Ali Osman K se , no printing date Turkish ... R za Nur was tortured here in 1910. He raised torture allegations in parliament. The demand to establish a commission to investigate the torture allegations was turned down by 96 against 73 votes ... Prison became the symbols for torture. Having been built in Sirkeci in 1895 Sansaryan Han became ... Anlat mlar yla kence 1 Torture 1 with History and Stories of Victims Collected by Ali Osman ... ref Torture after March 12 After the 1971 Turkish coup d tat torture was applied in police centres ... more details
In 2005 the United Nations Committee against Torture, expressing concern over the failure to investigate ... No. 56 , the Decree remains in force. The UN Committee against Torture s observations At its 34th session in 2005, the UN Committee against Torture noted the failure of Bahrain to investigate allegations ... and rehabilitation for victims of torture prior to 2001. blockquote The Committee recommended, inter ... in Bahrain pdf 831KB October 2001 National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture in Bahrain ...?OpenDocument Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture Bahrain 21 June 2005 http ... to the Committee Against Torture pdf, 125KB North South XXI http www.unhchr.ch Huridocda Huridoca.nsf ...Lead too long date June 2011 Torture in Bahrain refers to the violation of Bahrain s obligations as a state party to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Convention against Torture and other international treaties and disregard for the prohibition of torture enshrined in Bahraini law. Torture was routine practice in Bahrain between 1975 and 1999, during the period when the State Security Act 1974 was in force. ref name HRW Torture Redux http www.hrw.org en reports 2010 02 08 torture redux 0 Summary, Torture Redux The Revival ... of torture and ill treatment, against opposition activists and human rights defenders in particular ... and public gatherings. For example on 17 December 2007 on Martyrs Day, commemorating past victims of torture ... has refused to accept any complaints of torture lodged against security officials and no individuals ... called for urgent and independent investigation into allegations of torture since the end of 2007 ... Rights, have been active in reporting allegations of torture during the period of repression that has ... Sulman al Khalifah uncle of the present King , head of government throughout the period when torture ... to have committed, or overseen, torture are Ian Henderson Britain Ian Henderson , Adel Flaifel ... more details
Torture Garden may refer to The Torture Garden novel The Torture Garden novel , novel by Octave Mirbeau Torture Garden album Torture Garden album , album by Naked City Torture Garden film Torture Garden film , film directed by Freddie Francis and written by Robert Bloch Torture Garden fetish club , London fetish nightclub disambig ... more details
There are multiple uses of the term The Torture Papers The Torture Papers book is a book about the use of controversial techniques in the interrogation and detention of captives of the USA. The Torture Papers album is the 2006 debut album from Hip Hop collective Army of the Pharaohs. Disambig ... more details
A torture museum is a museum that exhibits instruments of torture and provides tutorials on the history of torture and its use in human society. There are several museums dedicated to the history of torture located in Europe such as the Torture Museum in Amsterdam , Netherlands , R desheim am Rhein Museums Mediaeval Torture Museum Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum in R desheim am Rhein and the Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale in San Gimignano , Italy , Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments, in Prague 1, Krizovnick n m 194 1 near Charles Bridge See also Hamburg Dungeon London Dungeon Medieval instruments of torture R desheim am Rhein Museums Mediaeval Torture Museum Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum in R desheim am Rhein Torture chamber York Dungeon External links http www.torturemuseum.com content.html Torture Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands http www.torturamuseum.com Medieval Criminal and Torture Museum Museo della Tortura e di Criminologia Medievale in San Gimignano http www.corkscrew balloon.com misc torture Museo Criminale Mediovale Category Torture Museum Category Types of museum Category History museums Torture bg ... more details
Medical torture also known as a medical interrogation describes the involvement and sometimes active participation of medical professionals in acts of torture , either to judge what victims can endure, to apply treatments which will enhance torture, or as torturers in their own right. Medical torture ... and approval for the torture of prisoners. The term also covers torturous scientific or pseudo scientific ... accepted that medical torture fundamentally violates medical ethics , which all medical practitioners ... Convention of 1949 outright prohibits the torture of prisoners of war and other protected non combatants ... tokyo.html makes a number of specific statements against torture, including The doctor shall not countenance , condone or participate in the practice of torture . Also the UN Convention Against Torture , which applies not only to medical personnel medical staff , prohibits the use of torture under any circumstance. The text explicitly states there is no exception to this treaty under which torture ... Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman ... against humanity . There remain gaps in regulation relating to medical torture in many countries Government sponsored torture and organized violence, with the complicity and or participation of health ... amount of cases. An example of this impunity is found in the Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib prison torture ... and these aren t covered comprehensively by the UN Convention Against Torture . Asserted instances Between 1937 and 1945, Japanese medical personnel who were part of Unit 731 participated in the torture ... experiments to torture United States American prisoners of war in several islands of the Pacific ... Commission for Human Rights , who found Britain guilty of torture however the higher European Court ... torture . http www.bbc.co.uk history war troubles origins internment.shtml In Soviet mental ... in the torture and abuse of detainees during the so called war on terror of U.S. President ... more details
cite press release title Former member of UN Committee Against Torture Yes, waterboarding is torture ...Cleanup date April 2011 The Torture Memos , sometimes called the Bybee Memo or 8 1 02 Interrogation Opinion ... , and stated that acts widely regarded as torture might be legally permissible under ... 2009. The Torture Memos The torture memos include three documents entitled, Standards of Conduct for Interrogation ... Irvine, David LDS lawyers, psychologists had a hand in torture policies Salt Lake Tribune April ... opinion on the U.N. Convention Against Torture and 18 U.S.C. section 2340 and the interrogation of al ... September 5, 2009. ref This is the primary torture memo, which defines the Department of Justice s interpretation of torture, and is relied upon heavily by the subsequent torture memos. It discusses the language of the torture statute 18 U.S.C. sections 2340 2340A in great detail in order to derive its definition of torture, states that cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment is not torture ... interrogation methods violate the statute. It concludes that torture is only extreme acts according to the Convention Against Torture that severe pain a requisite for his definition of torture is serious ... the text and history of the U.S. torture statute 18 U.S.C. 2340 2340A is examined, mainly addresses Bybee s interpretation of the definition of torture, including the definition of severe physical ... section is key to the definition given by this memo of torture, yet provides the least precedent or legal ... pain or suffering required by the torture statute which is also required by the convention ... The memo then discusses the Convention Against Torture which the memo calls the Torture Convention and concludes that the convention makes a distinction between torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and that therefore torture is only the most extreme acts, which the memo ... of torture found in part one. It concludes that torture does not include other acts of cruel, in human ... more details
wiktionarypar tortureTorture or tortured may refer to Torture , the infliction of pain to break the will of the victim or victims Torture The Jacksons song Torture The Jacksons song , a song by the The Jackson 5 Jacksons from their 1984 album Victory The Jacksons album Victory Torture John D. Loudermilk song Torture John D. Loudermilk song , as song that was a hit for Kris Jensen and Petula Clark Coeur Bless , French 1 Torture , a song by The Cure from their 1987 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Torture , a song by Method Man from his 1998 album Tical 2000 Judgement Day Torture Miyavi song Torture , a song by Miyavi from his 2010 album What s My Name? Torture , a song by The Psychedelic Furs from Midnight to Midnight Tortured , a song by The Replacements from their 1990 album All Shook Down Tortured , a 1997 album by Annette Ducharme Tortured , a song by Loverboy from their 1997 album Six Loverboy album Six Tortured , a song by Otep OTEP from their 2002 album Sevas Tra Tortured film Tortured , a 2008 film starring Laurence Fishburne Torture album , 2012 album by Cannibal Corpse disambig fr Torture homonymie ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date November 2006 Pharmacological torture uses psychotropic and or other chemical s to induce pain and cause compliance with a torturer s goals. Another form is when the victim is forcibly injected with addictive drugs to have them become dependent, and then denied the drug and forced to go through withdrawal unless they provide what the torturer wants. DEFAULTSORT Pharmacological Torture Category TortureTorture stub Pharmacology stub es Tortura farmacol gica ... more details
Bamboo torture supposedly is a form of torture where a bamboo shoot is grown through the body of a victim. Bamboo torture was allegedly used in East Asia East and South Asia . Accounts accuse Japanese soldiers of practicing the torture technique during World War II . ref Woon Ping Chin, Hakka soul memories, migrations, and meals, NUS Press, 2008. p. 23. ref ref Rod Aldwinckle. Japanese Torture Techniques. WW2 People s War. 08 August 2005. http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 37 a4865637.shtml. ref The MythBusters investigated bamboo torture in a MythBusters 2008 season Episode SP12 Viewer Special Threequel 2008 episode . They found that a bamboo shoot can penetrate through several inches of ballistic gelatin ballistics gel in three days. References reflist Category Asian instruments of torture Category Physical torture techniques de Bambusfolter no Bambustortur nn Bambustortur ... more details
orphan date June 2010 The brodequin was a torture device used during the Medieval period of the Middle Ages . Function and method The brodequin was one of the more brutal methods of torture from the Middle Ages. The victim would be placed on a bench in a sitting position, with strong, narrow boards of wood fixed tightly to the inside and outside of either of the victim s legs, bound together tightly with strong rope, causing a sandwich effect on either leg. Wedges of wood were then driven into the gaps with a mallet where the victim s legs laid. This would often cause such impact and trauma that the victim s bones would literally burst, and bone marrow would leak out. ref http www.middle ages.org.uk brodequins.htm Website focused on the Middle Ages with information on numerous torture devices ref References reflist torture stub DEFAULTSORT Brodequin Torture Category Instruments of torture ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date December 2007 Dental torture is a form of torture involving the infliction of pain or damage to the mouth . Dental Torture techniques typically include disembodying or damaging of any part of the mouth i.e. gums, tongue, teeth, etc. without anesthesia , and may involve the misuse of dental equipment. This could include using needles or other sharp and or otherwise painful apparatus to intentionally damage the victim. Dental torture tends to be greatly feared due to the intense pain it is capable of inflicting, as well as the non regenerative nature of mature teeth. Damage resulting from dental torture can also make eating and drinking excruciatingly painful or difficult. Dental torture techniques can be numerous, depending on the creativity of the torturer. Inclusion of non dental materials, such as nails, is sometimes used to increase the pain inflicted. Dental torture is usually considered a crime, punishable by most if not all law enforcement agencies. Penalties for dental torture may range from fines, to jail time, or even execution depending on location and the severity of the torture. Dental torture in media Actor Steve Martin plays sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors . In the film Oldboy , the protagonist tortures someone by removing his teeth with a claw hammer . In the Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex episode List of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex episodes Not Equal , the Motoko Kusanagi Major threatens a terrorist with dental torture by combat knife . The horror film The Dentist involved a dentist inflicting dental torture on his patients ..., an ex Nazi, uses dental torture on Dustin Hoffman s character Babe while attempting to discover if Babe ... deposit box. The movie s dental torture scene made Szell s repeated phrase, Is it safe? a quotable movie ... torture techniques ... more details
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