Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | extreme acts
Facets:
value: on individual autonomy
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: according to the convention against torture
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It concludes that torture is only: extreme acts according to the Convention Against Torture; that severe pain (a requisite for this definition of torture) is "serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death"; that prolonged mental harm is harm that must last for "months or even years"; that "prosecution under Section 2340A may be barred because enforcement of the statute would represent an unconstitutional infringement of the President's authority to conduct war"; and that "under the current circumstances, necessity or self-defense may justify interrogation methods that might violate Section 2340A.
text: torture being an extreme assault on individual autonomy –