They may be convicted solely on the basis of 'confessions' obtained under torture or other ill treatment.

In some countries, there had been cases where higher court judges based their decisions on information obtained elsewhere through torture, a practice that must be combated, notably by ensuring the implementation of the Convention against Torture.

It was commuted to 15 years in the judicial appeal. The sentences were random and chaotic and depended on one evidence confessions extracted by torture.

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.

A school was destroyed in Gilan under heavy snow.

In Putin s view, the Soviet Union collapsed under the weight of its debts.

Wages are already falling under the weight of extremely high unemployment rates.

The information he gave under torture to Egyptian authorities was cited by the George W. Bush Administration in the months preceding its 2003 invasion of Iraq as evidence of a connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda.

Overburdened social support mechanisms would thus come under even greater pressure.

At the moment, America s economy is limping along with slow growth and high unemployment.

Renaming the stolen is a house of cards it is bound to collapse under the weight of truth. CrimeaIsUkraine Pavlo Klimkin ( PavloKlimkin) July 28, 2016

Background Until the end of the Civil War, the majority of African Americans had been enslaved and lived in the South.

Days passed and Uday kept the secret all the way, until his death under torture.

When those bubbles burst, consumers were left with a massive overhang of excess debt and subpar saving.

In many countries, their fiscal position has collapsed under the combined weight of mismanagement and the global economic and financial crisis.

NEW YORK The Roma have been persecuted across Europe for centuries.

Many countries Syria qualifies as a poster child in this regard suffer under miserable, brutal governments.

Lebanon s established political contours already are beginning to blur under the relentless pressure of the Syrian conflict.

Scuds, barrel bombs, rockets, shells, friends dying under torture.

Critics of Vladimir Putin s regime argue that Russia s political system is too centralized and risks collapse in today s economic storm.

Moreover, we cannot simply wait for the Chinese other to collapse under the weight of its own contradictions.

There is a long dispute whether this treaty was legal or illegal due to its signing under duress, threat of force and bribes.

No reliance shall be placed in any statement established to have been obtained from an accused person or a witness under coercion or threats.

Accordingly, there exists no possibility of admitting as evidence any confession made under torture.

The drought further exacerbated the already high level of vulnerability of the population, which has been subjected to nearly 25 years of conflict.

Today, nobody remembers that not so long ago they had to cross through sniper fire to reach the other side.

All the secret peaceful groups I have ever been a member of were destroyed by our regime, their members displaced and their youth killed under torture.

Here, I interviewed people who were residents of formerly communist countries, who had all faced the challenge of transitioning to a more democratic and capitalistic society.

The Greek, Portuguese, Irish, and Italian economies are reeling under fiscal austerity with budget cuts and higher taxes as far as the eye can see.

This created a two speed Europe, with debtor countries sinking under the weight of their liabilities, and surplus countries forging ahead.

Palestine and Chechnya, two sites of pain and terrorist infection, have not healed.

In addition, grant aid in the social sector is preferable to loans, as the latter would drive the nation into heavy debt.

He also urged Governments to declare formally that torture was absolutely prohibited in all circumstances.

And, as in Egypt, the protracted transition risks faltering under the weight of rising political violence and socioeconomic decline.

Worse is the purpose, which is to apply pressure on Member States to act under the pain of deprivation of funding for the Organization.

Previous demands for stricter regulations came to nothing because of financial sector opposition.

But, according to Yakubov, Only thanks to torture, hundreds and thousands of people admit that they are guilty of religious extremism and terrorism.

It is further reported that PTA allows confessions made under torture to be accepted as evidence against those arrested.

In the 1930 s, all European governments feared that breaking from the gold standard would be perceived as a sign of weakness.

Brazil was the center of the slave trade carried on under the Portuguese flag, both before and after Brazilian independence, in 1822, and Portugal was by far the largest of the national carriers.

Hampered by the financial cost built into the welfare state and perhaps by the psychological and financial disincentives built into it as well European economies began to slow, with per capita income becoming stagnant and high unemployment a permanent fixture.

(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

But the potential for more tears for taxpayers still reeling from the cost of rescuing the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) looms large.

Article 232 of the Code stipulates No reliance shall be placed in any statement established to have been obtained from an accused person or witness under coercion or threats.

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