The use of torture had declined sharply.

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.

The use of torture as a policy or instrument of State power is totally prohibited.

The Special Rapporteur's recommendation concerning torture by members of official bodies had been complied with, because all three branches of Government had condemned the use of torture.

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

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

This required the use of torture to identify and locate the leaders, followed by their capture or assassination.

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

Furthermore, 90 doctors had been trained in detecting the use of torture and other forms of ill treatment in prisons.

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

Information on current practices and measures to prevent the use of torture by law enforcement officials would be appreciated.

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

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

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

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

Bush s subordinates authorized methods of interrogation that led to torture, and his administration adamantly resisted legislation that would ban its use.

His death, last June, caused widespread demonstrations and rage against police torture and the use of Emergency Law to terrorise citizens.

His death, last June, caused widespread demonstrations and rage against police torture and the use of Emergency Law to terrorise citizens.'

His death, last June, caused widespread demonstrations and rage against police torture and the use of Emergency Law to terrorise citizens.'

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.

This authority serves as a form of guarantee against the use of torture and ill treatment in detention centres, prisons and correctional facilities.

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.

Two months prior to the gathering, a United Nations special reporter published a paper condemning Uzbekistan for widespread and systematic use of torture.

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

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 United Nations Convention on Torture explicitly forbids cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, so their use must be denied.

Political prisoners aren't the only ones being tortured the vast majority of judicial torture happens in ordinary cases, even in 'functioning' legal systems. Social activist Karen Tse shows how we can, and should, stand up and end the use of routine 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.

The police reportedly use torture and ill treatment during interrogation of suspects and rape of women detainees in prisons or police custody has been a problem.

But there is no comparable protest against the use of antipsychotic drugs, which have similarly been forced on people and even used to torture prisoners.

The cynicism is astounding, to the point of proclaiming transparent lies, such as that they do not torture, but only use innovative information gathering methods.

(i) To take all necessary steps to end the use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, in particular the practice of amputation

Allegations of torture

prohibition of torture

(f) The use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, in particular the practice of amputation and the growing number of cases of public flogging

The Special Rapporteur is concerned at ongoing allegations of the pervasive and systematic use of torture and ill treatment by the authorities against persons in pre trial detention.

5.3 On the merits, counsel refers, for a general picture of the gross, flagrant and widespread use of torture by Egyptian authorities, to reports of several human rights organizations.

(m) The absence of appropriate efforts to prevent and prohibit the production, trade, export and use of equipment specifically designed to inflict torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, in particular in the light of allegations of the use of electroshocks.

Recently, however, torture has resurfaced as a critical international human rights issue, as well publicized instances give the impression not only that the practice is increasing across a range of Member States, but that the very existence of the absolute prohibition on the use of torture is being questioned.