 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations - 1976 - 1270 pages
...torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Exceptional circumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa - 1980 - 168 pages
...torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Exception*!! circumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa - 1980 - 112 pages
...torture or other cruel, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Exception-)', circumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1984 - 316 pages
...torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Exceptional circumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war. internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification of tonure or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1984 - 312 pages
...torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Exceptional circumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1984 - 304 pages
...torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Exceptional Qrcumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... | |
 | Bertrand G. Ramcharan - 1985 - 386 pages
...It is emphasized that: 'no State may permit or tolerate torture. Exceptional circumstances, such as a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification for torture. Since the adoption of the Declaration against torture... | |
 | Louis B. Sohn - 1986 - 1118 pages
...administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture. 3. An order from a superior officer qr a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of... | |
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The Convention against Torture states: "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture" (article 2 (2). The... 
