1. Introduction and support from the European Commission
According to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the term «torture»
is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is
intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a
third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third
person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or