Abstract
The study analyses the question of the definition of torture in international law. Despite the fact that the UN Convention against torture requires “the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity”, the study argues that this limitation is no longer valuable in customary international law.
Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] The presence of the public official as an element of the definition of the crime of torture: in the margins of the Kunarac case |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 427-451 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | RIVISTA DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE |
Volume | 87 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Keywords
- diritti dell'uomo
- human rights
- international criminal tribunal
- pubblico ufficiale
- public official
- tortura
- torture
- tribunale penale internazionale