Complex sentence: In other words, torture cannot be justified as a means to protect public safety or prevent emergencies, and subordinates who commits acts of torture cannot escape legal responsibility on the grounds that they were just following orders from their superior officers or public officials.
Split into simpler sentences: In other words, torture cannot be justified as a means to protect public safety or prevent emergencies. Subordinates who commits acts of torture cannot abstain themselves from legal responsibility on the grounds that they were just following orders from their superior officers or public officials.