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Can rape be considered torture?
Rape is classified as an act of torture within international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law and is used to discourage dissent and to demonstrate power. Rape was also officially recognised as a tactic of war by the United Nations Security Council in 2008.
Can rape be used as punishment?
The use of rape as a punishment has a long history. Rape is, in fact, illegal in India (except for marital rape). But history and tradition make the law hard to enforce. In remote and rural parts, patriarchal views on gender still hold sway, and sexual assault is an unofficially accepted form of punishment.
What means torture?
1 : the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure. 2a : something that causes agony or pain. b : anguish of body or mind : agony. 3 : distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument : straining. torture.
What is one of a form of torture used during the Inquisition?
Strappado is a form of torture that began with the Medieval Inquisition. In one version, the hands of the accused were tied behind his back and the rope looped over a brace in the ceiling of the chamber or attached to a pulley.
What word type is torture?
Definition of torture (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : to cause intense suffering to : torment. 2 : to punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain. 3 : to twist or wrench out of shape : distort, warp.
Can torture be justified?
Under international law, torture and other forms of ill-treatment are always illegal. Torture can never be justified. It is barbaric and inhumane, and replaces the rule of law with terror. No one is safe when governments allow its use.
Why did the Spanish Inquisition torture?
Torture was used only to get a confession and wasn’t meant to actually punish the accused heretic for his crimes. Some inquisitors used starvation, forced the accused to consume and hold vast quantities of water or other fluids, or heaped burning coals on parts of their body.