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WorksheetsRA 9745
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is an act that penalizes torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and prescribe penalties known as “Republic Act No. 9745”?
a)
Anti- Torture Act of 2009
b)
Anti- Torture Act of 2005
c)
Anti- Torture Act of 2007
d)
Anti- Torture Act of 2003
2.
When did the Philippines signed the UN Convention Against Torture?
a)
June 18, 1987
b)
June 17, 1986
c)
June 18, 1986
d)
June 20, 1984
3.
This is a domestic law, which is the legal basis of the Anti-Torture Act.
a)
Article III Section 12 (2), Bill of Rights
b)
Bill of Rights Article III Section 15 (1)
c)
Bill of Rights Article III Section 12 (1)
d)
Bill of Rights Article III Section 15 (2)
4.
Who penned the first case of the “ Anti-Torture Act of 2009”?
a)
Judge Irineo Peneda Pangilinan Jr.
b)
Judge Irineo Pineda Pangilinan Jr
c)
Judge Irenio Pineda Pangilinan Jr.
d)
Judge Ireneo Pineda Pangilinan Jr.
5.
Who are the persons which are protected against “Anti-Torture Act of 2009?”
a)
All human persons including suspects, detainees and prisoners.
b)
Suspects only
c)
Detainees, and prisoners only
d)
All of the above
6.
What is torture under the Anti-Torture Law?
a)
an act of inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him/her or a third person information or a confession; punishing him/her for an act he/she or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed; or intimidating or coercing him/her or a third person.
b)
the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a
c)
the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions
d)
punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.
7.
What do you mean by a “victim” as defined in the law?
a)
a person subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment as defined above and any individual who has suffered harm as a result of any act(s) of torture, or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.
b)
include individual people, but also organizations or institutions that have sustained direct harm to any of their property which is dedicated to religion, education, art or science or charitable purposes, and to their historic monuments, hospitals and other places and objects for humanitarian purposes.
c)
punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.
d)
All of the above
8.
These are acts committed by a person in authority or agent of a person in authority which are calculated to affect or confuse the mind and/or undermine a person's dignity and morale.
a)
Physical torture
b)
Mental/psychological torture
c)
Mental torture
d)
All of the above
9.
This is any document or determination made by the military, police or any law enforcement agency of the government, listing the names of persons and organizations that it perceives to be enemies of the State and that it considers as legitimate targets as combatants that it could deal with, through the use of means allowed by domestic and international law?
a)
Order of Battle
b)
Order of Deployment
c)
Order of Execution
10.
Under this principle, any superior military, police or law enforcement officer or senior government official who issued an order to any lower ranking personnel to commit torture for whatever purpose shall be held equally liable as principals.
a)
Person in Authority
b)
Command Responsibility
c)
Delegation of Power
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