exceptional circumstances
whatsoever,
whether
a state of war
or a threat of war,
internal political instability
or
any
other
public emergency,
may be invoked
as a justification of
torture."
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Article 2, Section 2
Convention Against Torture
Signed by President Ronald Wilson Reagan
MAY 20, 1988
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