Convention Against Torture to prosecute anyone on its territory responsible for torture anywhere in the world.
Activists say defectors caught leaving North Korea without state permission could face prison and even torture.
The prisons were brimming with Islamist detainees, locked away in dungeons where torture was routine.
The U.S. Justice Department publicly condemned the use of torture during interrogation in 2004.
The main torture camp uncovered by the programme is known locally as "Diamond Base".
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But HRW said their convictions may have been based on evidence extracted through torture.
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The victim volunteered at the Redress charity, a human rights organisation which supports survivors of torture.
"I would say there the primary cause of death was hanging and torture, " his statement said.
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But defecting is a very serious crime and repatriation means imprisonment, torture or even death.
Critics, including military historians, have described it as a program of state-sanctioned torture and murder.
But surely that would be seen as an admission of his own guilt in allowing torture.
It's not very different from trying to comprehend a foreign language, which is torture to dyslexics.
He said Jordanian law bans the use of torture and reliance on statements extracted under duress.
He said they were treated well but that being held captive had been "psychological torture".
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I'd rather be in a torture chamber than sit there and listen to that.
The victims were blindfolded, bullet-riddled and bound, with some showing signs of torture, officials said.
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"The FCO takes all allegations of mistreatment and torture extremely seriously, " a spokesperson added.
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It also calls for political leaders to "declare unambiguously that they will not tolerate torture".
The United States always denied it was a matter of policy to torture detainees.
Saleem said the bodies of 13 people, including youths, were found with signs of torture.
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Delve further into the site and the torture continues, with some excruciating flow charts to boot.
Ten years ago Bahrain forswore torture and set up a parliament, albeit with few powers.
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His body bore marks of severe torture when it was returned to his family.
Whether in Walpole or Beirut or Hanoi, all human beings experience isolation as torture.
An ethical interrogation is one that does not involve abuse or torture, Mills said.
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But his family say his body bore marks of torture, suggesting he was murdered.
" He recommended disapproval because "the United States cannot afford to sanction the addition of torture.
Subtitles have also been changed to hide references to torture by the Chinese security forces.
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