The prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm in public international law—meaning that it is forbidden under all circumstances—as well as being forbidden...

sometimes seen as forms of torture, but this label is internationally controversial. A variety of methods of torture are used, often in combination; the most...

against torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment has become accepted as a principle of customary international law. As...

torture since the adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which prohibited it. Torture is prohibited by international law and...

documented and alleged, that involve the usage of torture by members of the United States government, military, law enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies...

Psychological torture, mental torture or emotional torture is a type of torture that relies primarily on psychological effects and only secondarily on...

false. Torture has been used throughout history during interrogation, although it is now illegal and a violation of international law. Beyond torture's moral...

torture encompasses a variety of techniques using water to inflict physical or psychological harm on a victim as a form of torture or execution. In this...

confirms the memo's definition of torture.[clarification needed] Part four examines international case law regarding torture, and concludes that while there...

The prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm in public international law – meaning that it is forbidden under all circumstances – as well as being forbidden...

(generally considered to involve torture) of foreign detainees. The memoranda also argued that international humanitarian laws, such as the Geneva Conventions...

of torture is a rule of customary international law regarded as jus cogens. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia stated in Prosecutor...

International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors...

interrogation" violated U.S. anti-torture statutes or international laws such as the UN Convention against Torture. In 2005, the CIA destroyed videotapes...

Breast torture (also called breast play, nipple torture or tit torture) is a BDSM activity in which sexual stimulation is provided through the intentional...

Water cure is a form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time, resulting in gastric distension, water...

Harbiye Military Prison in Istanbul became known for torture in the 1940s. Amnesty International (AI) first documented Turkish torture after the 1971 Turkish...

International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a...

torture, which would ironically be used during his own imprisonment and execution in 847. Wolfgang Schild, a professor of criminal law, criminal law history...

tortured Palestinians detained in its prison system. This torture has been reported by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International,...

torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind their back and the victim is suspended by a rope attached to the wrists, typically resulting in dislocated...

government officials for political purposes should be recognized as torture under international law". Aswad then worked as an attorney for the United States Department...

confessions, stating that they were likely extracted under torture, violate international law and basic human rights, and should be considered inadmissible...

International law, also known as "law of nations", refers to the body of rules which regulate the conduct of sovereign states in their relations with one...

law if it permits or engages in slavery, torture, genocide, war of aggression, or crimes against humanity. Jus cogens and customary international law...

purpose of circumventing the source country's laws on interrogation, detention, extradition and/or torture. Extraordinary rendition is a type of extraterritorial...

Warbrick, “Immunity and International Crimes in English Law”, (2004) 53 ICLQ 769 "French prosecutors throw out Rumsfeld torture case". Reuters.com. November...

Genital torture (sometimes called genitorture) may refer to: A technique used in torture, the non-consensual infliction of suffering Cock and ball torture, a...

International human rights instruments are the treaties and other international texts that serve as legal sources for international human rights law and...

over torture under customary international law. Examples of particular states invoking universal jurisdiction are Israel's prosecution of Eichmann in 1961...