title: Transforming the prohibition
  of torture in the context of rising terrorist threats
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Romanovsky, Georgy B.
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Romanovsky, Vladislav G.
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-12-29T10:46:26Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-12-29T10:46:26Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-09
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Romanovsky, Georgy B., Vladislav G. Romanovsky. 2022. “Transforming the prohibition
  of torture in the context of rising terrorist threats”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law 3:
  599–616. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2022.302 (In Russian)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2022.302
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38767
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article explores the content of the prohibition of torture in constitutional and international
  acts. The ban is absolute, as confirmed by the extensive practice of international human
  rights organizations. At present, a revision of the general attitude towards torture in Western
  Europe is taking place against the background of increasing terrorist threats. In the United
  States, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, at the level of Justice Department directives,
  certain methods of “intensive interrogation” were allowed in order to obtain information
  from persons captured during anti-terrorist operations. It was assumed that in the conditions
  of the “war on terror”, terrorists were not subject to the privileges provided for by the
  Geneva Conventions in relation to prisoners of war. Our study involves an analysis of a wide
  range of sources on problems of the use of torture in the context of countering terrorism, and
  provides an analysis of foreign scientific discussions of the admissibility of torture against terrorists.
  One argument is the lack of moral boundaries among terrorists themselves, capable
  of committing deadly attacks against civilians. Supporters of the use of torture proceed from
  the principle of extreme necessity for obtaining information about the planned terrorist acts.
  Opponents of torture proceed from the principle of the moral absolute, which does not justify
  attaining a goal by any means. In modern legal science there is a search for a balance of
  interests: the dignity of a person suspected of preparing a terrorist act, and the safety of other
  citizens, society, and the state.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The reported study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 20-011-
  00096.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Law;Volume 13; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: torture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: human dignity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: prohibition
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ticking bomb
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: constitutional value
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: terrorism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: threat
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Transforming the prohibition
  of torture in the context of rising terrorist threats
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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