Issue:
1. What is torture, and what law creates a definition?
2. Can foreign citizens seek a civil action in the U.S. courts for damages where the Claim is based on torture?
3. In the U.S. courts is a distinction made where the defendant is a corporation or a natural person?
4. Can those same individuals or their governments seek a criminal prosecution at International law for acts of torture?
Short Answer:
1. What is torture and what law creates a definition?
2. Can foreign citizens seek a civil action in the U.S. courts for damages where the Claim is based on torture?
3. In the U.S. courts is a distinction made where the defendant is a corporation or anatural person?
4. Can those same individuals or their governments seek a criminal prosecution at International law for acts of torture?