The "sufferings" of the crime of torture
The Colombian Constitutional Court abolished the word “severe” from the legal definition of torture in 2005. As a result of that decision, torture was formulated as “physical or mental suffering” in Colombian criminal law. Nevertheless, the actual legal d
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Colombia |
| Institución: | Universidad EAFIT |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio EAFIT |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/15788 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10784/15788 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Torture criminal law suffering individual autonomy dignity. Tortura Derecho penal sufrimiento autonomía personal dignidad. |
| Sumario: | The Colombian Constitutional Court abolished the word “severe” from the legal definition of torture in 2005. As a result of that decision, torture was formulated as “physical or mental suffering” in Colombian criminal law. Nevertheless, the actual legal d |
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