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The objective of the present investigation was to identify the social perception of high school students regarding the practice of torture, still in force, in societies considered democratic. The theoretical framework was based on conceptual approaches on the Practice of Torture and Social Perception. The research was descriptive, with a quantitative approach, using a Likert-type opinion scale, applied in the 2018-2019 school year. The results show a partial and socially learned perception, which tends to justify and legitimize the practice of torture, without considering it a problem that deeply affects the human rights of individuals and society in general, even when its serious consequences are recognized. ; El objetivo de la presente investigación fue Identificar la percepción social de estudiantes del nivel medio superior con respecto a la práctica de la tortura, aún vigente en sociedades consideradas democráticas. El marco teórico se sustentó en enfoques conceptuales sobre la Práctica de la Tortura y la Percepción Social. La investigación fue descriptiva, con enfoque cuantitativo, mediante una escala de opinión tipo Likert, aplicada en el ciclo escolar 2018-2019. Los resultados evidencian una percepción parcial y socialmente aprendida, que tiende a justificar y legitimar la práctica de la tortura, sin considerarla un problema que afecta profundamente los derechos humanos de las personas y a la sociedad en general, aun cuando se reconocen sus graves consecuencias.

Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under international law, setting out what is really happening in places of detention around the world. Challenging assumptions about torture's root causes, he calls for what is needed to enable us to bring about change.

Though inarguably condemned in practice, the practice of torture conducted by state entities remains a common narrative in the human rights discourse. Though commonplace worldwide, such practices have been immensely surfaced since the tragic events that took place 11 September 2001, with numerous states such as the US, deliberately normalizing torture as one of the essential means taken to gather counterterrorism-related intelligences. The resurface of enhanced interrogation techniques reflects ambiguities of how this has come to be, despite the conspicuous human rights regimes illegalizing such barbaric practices, and the familiarity of the US echo of civil rights protection globally. Thus such fundamental concerns above raises the question of how the US throughout the years, normalized torture practices under the deliberately constructed lawless age of 'War on Terror.' It argues of the purposive assembling of terrorism classification as essentially distinct compared to numerous types of combatants present historically and in the status quo, thus shaping the entitlement of an inhumane status, unbound nor limited from existing International laws. It further argues of the general weaknesses of existing human rights regimes in limiting state practices in the lawless age of terror, reflecting the human rights regime's inability to exert power and reflecting the prevalence of torture-backed politic

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 84 S381-21 ; Microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This article is a response to the attempts of the US government to redefine torture in a highly restrictive sense and at the same time distinguishing it from other forms of cruel inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDT). To this end, the author undertakes a short analysis of the understanding of the concept of torture and CIDT by the present US Government and asks whether this interpretation corresponds to the definition of torture in Article 1, Convention against Torture (CAT). An analysis of the techniques authorized by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for the interrogation of Guantanamo detainees is also carried out in light of applicable UN standards and international case law.