Practice question
An authority orders severe, intentional pain against a person in custody to obtain information. All statutory torture elements are established. Its written defense cites war, internal instability and a superior's command as making torture permissible. Which is best?
- War makes the prohibition optional
- A superior's written command legalizes torture
- Internal instability erases human dignity
- These asserted circumstances do not justify the stipulated torture
- Obtaining information always overrides the Act
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 9745, Sections 3-6: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9745_2009.html
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