{"id":29382,"date":"2017-08-01T09:54:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=29382"},"modified":"2017-08-01T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:54:28","slug":"law-criminalizing-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/law-criminalizing-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"Law criminalizing torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question:Which of the following countries approved a long-awaited law criminalizing torture?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) France<br \/>\n(b) Italy<br \/>\n(c) Germany<br \/>\n(d) Britain<br \/>\n<strong>Answer- (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On July 5, 2017, Italy&#8217;s parliament approved a long-awaited law criminalizing torture.<\/li>\n<li>Torture has been declared a crime under this law and introduction of the crime of torture into the penal code has been approved.<\/li>\n<li>The motion was passed with 198 in favor, 104 abstaining, and 35 against, out of 337 law makers present.<\/li>\n<li>Most members of the 630-member Lower House were absent.<\/li>\n<li>This law makes torture punishable by four to ten years in prison.<\/li>\n<li>Members of the security force, police, etc. will be punished by an integrated 12 year prison for the offence under the law.<\/li>\n<li>In 1988, Italy ratified the United Nations Convention against Torture, which was adopted by the international community in 1984.s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-italy-torture-idUSKBN19Q2SQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-italy-torture-idUSKBN19Q2SQ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2017-07\/06\/c_136420765.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2017-07\/06\/c_136420765.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20170706\/torture-has-finally-been-criminalized-crime-legal-in-italy-parliament-un\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thelocal.it\/20170706\/torture-has-finally-been-criminalized-crime-legal-in-italy-parliament-un<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cetusnews.com\/news\/Italy-passes-law-making-torture-a-crime--critics-say-full-of-holes.rJehaKpq4b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cetusnews.com\/news\/Italy-passes-law-making-torture-a-crime\u2013critics-say-full-of-holes.rJehaKpq4b.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Convention_against_Torture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Convention_against_Torture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Which of the following countries approved a long-awaited law criminalizing torture? (a) France (b) Italy (c) Germany (d) Britain Answer- (b) Related facts: On July 5, 2017, Italy&#8217;s parliament approved a long-awaited law criminalizing torture. 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