"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
torture." ==========================
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE (UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE) ACT, 2000 (Republic of
Ireland)by W.
Finnerty. Tue Nov 06, 2007
19:48
First, a few small samples of the
text of this document (which can be viewed in full at
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0011/print.html
):
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Article
1 1. For the purposes of this Convention,
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.
Article 2 2.
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
torture.
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Allowing for the few
small samples provided above, and for other parts of this particular piece of
Republic of Ireland legislation, it seems to me that a number of our senior
"public servants" (so called) would need to "watch their step" VERY carefully,
and that for some it might already be too late? (Among several other things
which should be worrying some people, is the fact that one part of this Act very
clearly states: "
A person guilty of the offence of torture shall be liable on
conviction on indictment to imprisonment for
life.")
Such dangers are particularly real, if for
ANY reason our lawyers here in the Republic of
Ireland were to do the honourable and genuinely democratic thing, and to follow
the example at present being set by their counterparts in Pakistan: who, as many will already know, are at the
present time rightfully demanding a return to "constitutional law" (and away from the BOGUS
unconstitutional and illegal law of the despots and the
plutocrats) - which is EXACTLY the kind of major
change-of-direction the Republic of Ireland now also desperately needs (in my
view). Related link: http://www.europeancourtofhumanrightswilliamfinnerty.com/ChiefJusticeMurray/2November2007/Email.htm
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