Hurting To Protect: The Universal Right against Torture against the need to maintain

the National Security of the State.

Introduction:
The Universal right against torture -at first glance- seems to be the ideal legal boon
to most of the often powerless victims of the State. This right was put into place
with the hope that this centuries old method of using cruelty to extract information
would see its abatement and/or disappearance worldwide. The R