Article 5 - Prohibition of torture

"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

Explanation of Article 5

The prohibition of torture is one of the most important human rights of all and does not allow any restrictions or interventions, regardless of how the victim has previously behaved. Nevertheless, it is a sad reality that torture is still practiced in large parts of the world, whether to obtain information or to extract confessions, to intimidate and terrorize the population, or out of pure sadism. Torture is an aggravated form of cruel treatment or punishment, which is also intended to humiliate and destroy people. Since states can increasingly less afford to torture openly, methods are increasingly being used today that are difficult to prove, such as psychological torture (such as mock executions), electric shocks or sexual violence.

In addition to torture, cruel methods of execution are also prohibited in countries that practice the death penalty, as are less drastic forms of violence, namely "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment". The hallmarks of such acts are the suffering and humiliation they entail.

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