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"This prohibition applies to....torture (and) to any other measures of brutality whether applied by civilian or military agents."
Its Article 147 calls "willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment....grave breaches" under the Convention and are considered "war crimes."
All four Geneva Conventions have a Common Article Three. It requires non-combatants, including "members of armed forces who laid down their arms," to be treated humanely at all times.
The (1966) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Article 7 states:
"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
Its Article 10 states:
" All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity...."
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) is half right. It says Israel is "the sole country to have legalized the use of torture."
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