Practice question
A State Party officially proclaims an emergency threatening the life of the nation. It directs interrogators to torture selected detainees and argues that any Covenant obligation may now be suspended. Assuming the emergency itself is genuine, which conclusion follows?
- The torture prohibition remains protected from derogation under Article 4
- Every right automatically disappears
- The emergency converts torture into a permitted remedy
- Only property owners retain Article 7 protection
- Notice to the UN alone makes torture permissible
Legal references
- ICCPR, Articles 4(2) and 7: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/CTC/Ch_IV_4.pdf
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