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Bill: Prohibition of Torture Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Uniunea Hosia Democrată
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 4109
Description[?]:
| Experts in the field have told us time and time again that as well as being completely unethical, torture is a highly inefficient and unreliable way of gathering information. When faced with torture of the threat of torture, prisoners tend to simply tell their interrogators what they think they want to hear. Lucian Petrescu Chairman of the Hosian Democratic Union |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:46:25, October 22, 2016 CET | From | Partidul Poporului Noului Endralon | To | Debating the Prohibition of Torture Act |
| Message | The government confirms that it does not work, the government agrees and supports the motion. Desaderius Dragos Minister of Justice |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 451 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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