Torture - crimes against humanity

Djibouti

Djibouti - Constitution 1992 (2010) EN

TITLE II: OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Article 16
No one may be submitted to torture, or to inhuman, cruel, degrading or humiliating
actions or treatment.

Rome Statute

Article 7 Crimes against humanity

1. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘crime against humanity’ means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:

(f) Torture;

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:

(e) ‘Torture’ means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions;