CAJ | 학술논문

“禁止酷刑和其他残忍、不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚”不仅仅是国际人权条约中规定的缔约国不可克减的义务，并被众多国际法律文件、判例和国际法理论通说所承认，成为一项国际强行法，任何国家和个人都不得违反。美国近年来的酷刑政策及其行为与这一原则背道而驰，对美国政府在反恐战争中使用酷刑并寻求辩护的行为应该给予否定性评价，美国政府及其部分法学学者“酷刑合法化”辩护理由不能成立。酷刑及其它残忍处罚的反人道性、反正义性决定了即便是在反恐活动中也不具备使用的必要性。酷刑禁止是一项不可克减、不可歪曲、不可动摇的国际强行法，但是将其从制度上废除到事实上根除尚需努力。
“금지혹형화기타잔인、불인도혹유욕인격적대우혹처벌”불부부시국제인권조약중규정적체약국불가극감적의무，병피음다국제법률문건、판례화국제법이론통설소승인，성위일항국제강행법，임하국가화개인도불득위반。미국근년래적혹형정책급기행위여저일원칙배도이치，대미국정부재반공전쟁중사용혹형병심구변호적행위응해급여부정성평개，미국정부급기부분법학학자“혹형합법화”변호이유불능성립。혹형급기타잔인처벌적반인도성、반정의성결정료즉편시재반공활동중야불구비사용적필요성。혹형금지시일항불가극감、불가왜곡、불가동요적국제강행법，단시장기종제도상폐제도사실상근제상수노력。
The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is not only a non-derogable obligation of state parties to the relevant international human rights conventions, but also recognized by numerous international legal instruments, case laws and general theory of international law as an international jus cogens, which all states and individual must abide by. In recent years, the U. S. has used torture in its war against terrorism and tried to justify this policy and practice through ＂the legitimization of torture＂, but the argu- ments put forward by the U.S. government and some U.S. scholars to defend this practice are invalid. The inhumane and unjust nature of torture and other cruel punishments has determined that this practice is not justifiable or necessary even in the war against terrorism. Although the prohibition against torture is a non-derogable and inflexible rule of jtis cogen in international law, much effort still needs to be made in order to eradicate torture both at the institutional level and in practice.