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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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Perú |
| Recursos: | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15587 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/15587 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Criminal Law torture self-defense legal defenses “ticking time bomb” situations Derecho Penal tortura legítima defensa causas de justificación situaciones “ticking time bomb” |
| Resumo: | 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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