Firstly, opposition to the order of torture is backed by the United Nations Convention Against Torture, in which Germany is one of many countries included. Article 1, Section 1 of the Convention Against Torture defines torture as “...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,” and goes on to say “Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction” and “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of
Firstly, opposition to the order of torture is backed by the United Nations Convention Against Torture, in which Germany is one of many countries included. Article 1, Section 1 of the Convention Against Torture defines torture as “...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,” and goes on to say “Each State Party shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction” and “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of