Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture?
Torture is proscribed in the majority of countries, and prohibited by numerous international instruments. However, torture is nowadays a practice that takes place in many countries, even though there exists a majority agreement in favor of absolute prohibition of this conduct. In the present article...
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| description | Torture is proscribed in the majority of countries, and prohibited by numerous international instruments. However, torture is nowadays a practice that takes place in many countries, even though there exists a majority agreement in favor of absolute prohibition of this conduct.
In the present article, the author analyzes the possibility of using legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture. In order to do this, the author examines historical, doctrinal and jurisprudential aspects, concluding than in certain situations it is possible to appeal to traditional legal defenses, particularly selfdefense. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5d9703c4a594bd1846867d9cf34c5212022-12-22T01:59:15ZspaAsociacion Civil THEMISThēmis1810-99342015-10-0106811312715051Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture?Ariana Bassino Balta0Consorcio Roger Yon & SMB AbogadosTorture is proscribed in the majority of countries, and prohibited by numerous international instruments. However, torture is nowadays a practice that takes place in many countries, even though there exists a majority agreement in favor of absolute prohibition of this conduct. In the present article, the author analyzes the possibility of using legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture. In order to do this, the author examines historical, doctrinal and jurisprudential aspects, concluding than in certain situations it is possible to appeal to traditional legal defenses, particularly selfdefense.http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/15587Derecho Penaltorturalegítima defensacausas de justificaciónsituaciones “ticking time bomb” |
| spellingShingle | Ariana Bassino Balta Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture? Thēmis Derecho Penal tortura legítima defensa causas de justificación situaciones “ticking time bomb” |
| title | Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture? |
| title_full | Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture? |
| title_fullStr | Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture? |
| title_short | Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture? |
| title_sort | is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture |
| topic | Derecho Penal tortura legítima defensa causas de justificación situaciones “ticking time bomb” |
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