POLS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Protocol I, International Humanitarian Law
17 Dec 2017
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: the cat defines torture as any act inflicted under public authority by which severe pain or suffering is intentionally inflicted on a person for the purposes of obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation, coercion, or discrimination. Governments follow their neighbors, both because it is appropriate and because it is in their interest to do so. Torture is more likely when power is shared than when power is absolute. Governments do not need to torture as much to stay in power in states without any power sharing. Singing the cat is a way for dictators to signal their resolve. The cat imposes costs on countries that commit acts of torture. Signing the cat is a way for leaders in new democracies to commit to maintain political reform(lock-in) Humanitarian how to help people from bad environment, independent organizations, refugee. The compliance of one side increase with the compliance of the other. Reciprocal responses are made to individual and state violations.
