Human Rights Law- Torture

Torture- වධ හිංසා පැමිණ වීම

 

රජෙය් නිලධාරීන්ෙග් ක්රියාකලාප සම්බන්ධව රජය වගකිව යුතු වන්ෙන්ය.

-ගරැ විග්ෙන්ශ්වරන් විනිසුරැතුමා

 

 

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

 

 

 

Article 1 of the Convention 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, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him 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 of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions."

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— Convention Against Torture, Article 1.1

 

See further:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_against_Torture 

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CAT.aspx 

http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/5239 

 වධ හිංසාවට , කෘෘර , අමානුෂික, අවමන් සහගත සැලකිල්ලට ලක් ෙනාවීමට අැති අයිතිය ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ අාරක්ෂා ෙව්ද?

 

උදා : ෙජරල්ඩ් ෙපෙර්රා ඝාතන සිදුවීම

 

See  Further:

http://www.humanrights.asia/countries/sri-lanka/torture-in-sri-lanka