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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Main Author: Bassino Balta, Ariana
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Language:Español
Published: THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho 2016
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spelling ndltd-PUCP-oai-tesis.pucp.edu.pe-123456789-1083732018-08-07T16:41:32Z Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture? ¿Es posible el descargo de la imputación en el delito de tortura? Bassino Balta, Ariana Criminal Law Torture Self-Defense Legal Defenses “Ticking Time Bomb” Situations Derecho Penal Tortura Legítima Defensa Causas De Justificación Situaciones “ticking Time Bomb” 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. La tortura se encuentra proscrita en la mayoría de países, y está vetada por diversos instrumentos internacionales. No obstante, la tortura es en la actualidad una práctica que se lleva a cabo en muchos países, a pesar de un discurso mayoritario de prohibición absoluta de la misma.En el presente artículo, la autora realiza un análisis sobre la posibilidad de aplicar eximentes en el juicio de imputación del delito de tortura. Para ello, examina aspectos históricos, doctrinales y jurisprudenciales, concluyendo que en determinadas situaciones límite se verifican los presupuestos y requisitos de las causas de justificación tradicionales, en particular de la legítima defensa. 2016-10-07 2017-09-25T22:05:34Z 2017-09-25T22:05:34Z Artículo http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/15587/16036 http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/108373 Español Artículo en acceso abierto Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ PDF THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho; Núm. 68 (2015): Derecho Penal; 113-127
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topic Criminal Law
Torture
Self-Defense
Legal Defenses
“Ticking Time Bomb” Situations
Derecho Penal
Tortura
Legítima Defensa
Causas De Justificación
Situaciones “ticking Time Bomb”
spellingShingle Criminal Law
Torture
Self-Defense
Legal Defenses
“Ticking Time Bomb” Situations
Derecho Penal
Tortura
Legítima Defensa
Causas De Justificación
Situaciones “ticking Time Bomb”
Bassino Balta, Ariana
Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture?
description 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. === La tortura se encuentra proscrita en la mayoría de países, y está vetada por diversos instrumentos internacionales. No obstante, la tortura es en la actualidad una práctica que se lleva a cabo en muchos países, a pesar de un discurso mayoritario de prohibición absoluta de la misma.En el presente artículo, la autora realiza un análisis sobre la posibilidad de aplicar eximentes en el juicio de imputación del delito de tortura. Para ello, examina aspectos históricos, doctrinales y jurisprudenciales, concluyendo que en determinadas situaciones límite se verifican los presupuestos y requisitos de las causas de justificación tradicionales, en particular de la legítima defensa.
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title_short Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture?
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title_fullStr Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture?
title_full_unstemmed Is it possible to use legal defenses to exempt criminal responsibility for the crime of torture?
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