torture

is any systematic infliction of acute physical pain, physical exhaustion (endangering the health of a person), or mental suffering (which could lead to severe physical damage)... or use of chemical, drugs or other natural or artificial means aiming at bending the victim's will.

Under the Greek Penal Code, Art. 137(A)(2), torture is '(a) any systematic infliction of acute physical pain... (b) any systematic infliction of physical exhaustion endangering the health of a person... (c) any systematic infliction of mental suffering, which could lead to severe physical damage... (d) any illegal use of chemical, drugs or other natural or artificial means aiming at bending the victim's will.' Consideration of Reports Submitted By State Parties under Article 19 of the Convention, Greece, U.N. Doc. CAT/C/61/Add.1, at 230, available at http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CAT.C.61.Add.1.En'Opendocument (last visited July 25, 2005). BY GAIL H. MILLER

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