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The Prohibition of Torture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
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Torture is so odious a form of outrage in relation to the individual as to be inconceivable except in connection with (alleged) claims of the community, e.g. in the case of judicial torture, to which resort is had in order to prove or to prevent crime. Judicial torture is a form of penal proceedings. It is open to question both on ethical grounds and in regard to its efficacity.
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- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 11 , Issue 126 , September 1971 , pp. 475 - 489
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1971
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