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Auch seine aktuelle Fotoserie Torture bildet da keine Ausnahme: Mit Stilleben von mittelalterlichen Folterinstrumenten und Abbildungen von zeitgenössischen Menschenrechtsverletzungen zeigen ...
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for various reasons, including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. Some definitions are restricted to acts carried out by the state, but others include non-state organizations.
International law prohibits torture at all times and in all places, even in situations of armed conflict or public emergency. There are no exceptions. States have made unprecedented efforts towards establishing frameworks for implementing the prohibition of torture. Yet, today torture and ill-treatment are far from being eradicated, and ...
Human Rights Watch documents the use of torture all over the world. We are committed to pressing government authorities to act to prevent torture, as well as bringing those who engage in...
Torture is when somebody in an official capacity inflicts severe mental or physical pain or suffering on somebody else for a specific purpose. Sometimes authorities torture a person to extract a confession for a crime, or to get information from them. Sometimes torture is simply used as a punishment that spreads fear in society.
torture, the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a confession, or inflicting punishment. It is normally committed by a public official or other person exercising comparable power and authority.
Folter (auch Marter oder Tortur) ist das gezielte Zufügen von psychischem oder physischem Leid ( Schmerz, Angst, massive Erniedrigung ), um Aussagen zu erpressen, den Willen des Folteropfers zu brechen oder das Opfer zu erniedrigen. Die UN-Antifolterkonvention wertet jede Handlung als Folter, bei der Träger staatlicher Gewalt einer Person ...
