...forth in the United States instrument of ratification to the Convention. (b) Torture means: (1) Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical...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...

...United States Senate resolution of ratification of the Convention. (1) Torture is defined as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical...person for such purposes as obtaining from him or her or a third person information or a confession, punishing him or her for an act he or she or a third...

...United States Senate resolution of ratification of the Convention. (1) Torture is defined as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical...person for such purposes as obtaining from him or her or a third person information or a confession, punishing him or her for an act he or she or a third...

...third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or her 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...

...whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or confession, punishing him for an act he has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating...

...Degrading Treatment or Punishment Article 1 1. For the purpose of this Declaration, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or...

...definition of the conduct proscribed. The UN Declaration on Torture defines torture as — any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or...

...whether physical or cental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or confession, punishing him for an act he has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating...

...enunciates a set of legal principles that would deter or prohibit torture, which it defines ;as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or...

...USC 1360 note. mitted or is suspected of having committed, intimidating or coercing that individual or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind; and (2) mental pain or suffering refers to prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from — (A)...