Torture and the Right to Physical Safety: Iraq Case Study

Abstract

Torture occurs when a person, in his official capacity, inflicts psychological or physical pain or severe suffering to another person for a specific purpose. Sometimes authorities torture anyone to extract a confession of committing a crime, or to obtain information from them. Sometimes torture is used as a mere punishment to instill fear in society, the methods of torture differ, they can be of a physical nature, such as beatings and electric shocks. It can be of a sexual nature, such as rape or sexual humiliation, or it could be psychological in nature, such as sleep deprivation or prolonged solitary confinement, under international law, torture and other forms of ill-treatment are always illegal.

Torture is a crude and crude tool for obtaining information.it is used routinely around the world to extract confessions; Information obtained in this way is unreliable because people will say anything under torture just to stop the pain.

Victims of torture faced a devastating long-term range of consequences; the physical and psychological pain caused by torture can lead to chronic pain and disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

That is why it is important that people who have been tortured receive redress, and that the perpetrators of torture are brought to justice.