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“Konvansyon Kont Tortir ek Kont tu Pinisyon u Tretman Kriel, Inimin u  Degradan”  1997,  e kot definir tortir kuma: “ ninport ki aksyon ki provok enn gran duler u sufrans, ki li fizik u moral, e ki fer lor enn dimunn intansyonelman avek bi pu gayn linformasyon depi li u enn lot dimunn ubyin pu gayn so konfesyon, pu pini li pu kitsoz ki li ubyin enn lot dimunn finn komet u supsone finn fer, u pu intimid li u fors li avwe kitsoz kont so volonte, ubyin pu ninport ki rezon baze lor kik diskriminasyon, kan enn tel duler u sufrans ki inflize par u avek konsantman u aprobasyon enn ofisye Leta u lezot dimunn an zot kapasite ofisyel. ”
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•	The 1997 “Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment” that specifically declares that the “term ‘torture’ means 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”;