UN Convention against Torture
Severe pain or suffering—whether physical or mental—intentionally inflicted on a person for specific ends—excl. pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful sanctions.

...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.


UN Convention against torture.
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Torture, Democracy, Security »Torture, Democracy, Security
What constitutes torture? »What constitutes torture?
UN Convention against Torture
Article 2 »Article 2
Article 3 »Article 3
Is waterboarding a form of torture? »Is waterboarding a form of torture?
Circularity of argument? »Circularity of argument?
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