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Torture

Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties.

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History

Prevalence

Perpetrators

Purpose

Methods

Effects

Public opinion

Prohibition

Prevention

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Torture

Nodes203
Edges202
Triples191
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009852
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Torture

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related to Prohibition · 18
Torture → Amnesty International, Beginning, By, CAT, Greek, Human Rights, In, Nazi, Nazi Germany, Nuremberg, Shocked, Some, Soviet Union, The, United Nations, United Nations Convention, Universal Declaration, World War II
has method · 17
Torture → As, Asphyxiation, Beatings, Burns, Different, Electric, Forced, Low-tech, Most, Nevertheless, Often, Patterns, People, Survivors, The, They, While
related to Deterrence · 15
Torture → Another, Authoritarian, Ba'athist Syria's, European Union's, Gaza, In, Israel, Khmer Rouge, Latin America, Many, Palestinians, Research, Several, Some, United States
has effect · 13
Torture → Améry, An, Chronic, Circumstances, Common, Death, Jean Améry, Not, PTSD, Some, Survivors, These, Understanding
has prevention · 13
Torture → Because, Darius Rejali, General, Institutional, Legal, Malcolm Evans, Naming, Political, Safeguards, Sociologically, There, United Nations, Visits
related to Pre-abolition · 12
Torture → Achaemenid Persia, Assyria, Early Neolithic Europe, Europe, Historically, In, Islamic, Qajar Iran, Societies, The Ottoman Empire, There, When
related to Punishment · 12
Torture → Capital, Certain, From, Geneva Conventions, In South Africa, Islamic, It, Judicial, Others, Such, This, UN
related to Confession · 11
Torture → Aristotle, Cesare Beccaria, Despite, In, Italian, Many, Medieval, Others, Research, Similar, The
related to Perpetrators · 10
Torture → Although, Elite, Even, Fear, In, Many, Most, Psychiatrist Pau Pérez-Sales, Since, Studies
related to Interrogation · 9
Torture → Although, Experiments, Fictional, Hassner, Interrogational, Most, Our, Ron, The

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Tortureis adeliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment0.90text
Tortureis amost controversial aspect of its definition0.90text
Tortureis aperemptory norm0.90text
treasoninstance ofcitizens could be judicially tortured only under exceptional circumstances and for a serious crime0.80text
often only when some evidence already existedinstance ofcitizens could be judicially tortured only under exceptional circumstances and for a serious crime0.80text
foreignersinstance ofnon-citizens0.80text
slaves were commonly tortured.There is archaeological evidence of torture in Early Neolithic Europeinstance ofnon-citizens0.80text
about 7instance ofnon-citizens0.80text
000 years agoinstance ofnon-citizens0.80text
immigration detentioninstance ofalthough torture can also occur in other facilities0.80text
youth detention centersinstance ofalthough torture can also occur in other facilities0.80text
ideological commitmentinstance ofPsychiatrist Pau Pérez-Sales finds that torturers act from a variety of motives0.80text

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