It's often said that the convention "bans" torture, but that is not correct: It creates an obligation on member states to ban torture by their own nationals.

人们通常会认为公约“禁止”酷刑，但其实是不对的，它只是要求所有成员国履行义务禁止自己的国民施酷刑。

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They do not want to kill you, but to torture you and make lunch of your flesh.

他们并不想杀了你们，而是想折磨你们，用你们的肉做成午餐。

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The belief is that if the couple survives this torture, they will not only have abundant fertility, but that none of their children will die.

他们的信条是，如果夫妻两人在这种折磨下生存下来，那么他们不仅会有很好的生育能力，而且他们的孩子都不会死。

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"where persons were not brought to the United States at all, but were dumped in third countries for the purpose of torture."

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

"And so,you have all the transgressions which are listed, not just in my report but in many other reports-et cetera persecution,clampdown, collective punishment,torture, arbitrary executions, public executions,et cetera despite various formal guarantees in the constitution and in criminal law."

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Unlike ordinary American courts, the commissions can admit as evidence information obtained through coercion (but not torture).

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted that the UK did not tolerate torture, but said the security services had his unequivocal support.

BBC: Police to probe UK torture claims

Asked who was to blame for the latest delay, Mrs May said Jordan had changed its constitution relating to the admissibility of evidence allegedly obtained by torture but the new provisions had not been legally tested and there was a difference of opinion over its validity.

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