Portal:Torture
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| Class H - Social Sciences Subclass VB - Criminology |
Torture |
| Torture is the intentional causing of somebody experiencing pain or agony. |
Contents |
Methods of torture [edit]
- Mediæval Instruments of Torture, as it appeared in the April 1892 Popular Science Monthly
Verse [edit]
Modern references [edit]
- Convention against Torture, ratified by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1984; entry into force 26 June 1987
- Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, enacted by the United States Congress on March 12, 1992
- FBI e-Mail concerning torture at Guantanamo Bay, 2003
- Justice Department Memo on Torture, 2003 by [{Author:John Yoo|]], American memo which concluded that neither American nor International Law could affect the President's "wartime authority" to allow the torture of combatants seized during the War on Terror
- Translation of Detainee's Verbal Statement regarding Torture made by Abd Al Aziz Sayer Al Shammeri, ISN 217, on 28 Apr 05
Other [edit]
- A Survival of Torture, as it appeared in the May 1897 Popular Science Monthly
