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Article 1 Verdrag tegen foltering en andere wrede, onmenselijke en onterende behandeling of bestraffing

1 For the purpose 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 as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.

2 This article is without prejudice to any international instrument or national legislation which does or may contain provisions of wider application.

Regeling
Verdrag tegen foltering en andere wrede, onmenselijke en onterende behandeling of bestraffing
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
20-01-1989
BWB-id
BWBV0002507
Versie
1989-01-20_0

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