Gerekli Kötülük? Yeni Kötülük Yaratmak İçin! Şüpheli Teröristlere İşkence Uygulanması

Dünya genelinde DEAŞ ve Boko Haram gibi devlet dışı bir takım aktörlerin sebep olduğu ve binlerce masum sivilin yaralanması veya ölümü ve önemli ekonomik kayıp ve mal zararı ile sonuçlanan terörizm tehdidi yükseliyor. Bu tehdit göz önüne alındığında, yakın ve muhtemel saldırılarda sivilleri korumak amacıyla şüpheli teröriste işkence edilmesini mazur gösterecek hukuki ve/veya ahlaki herhangi bir durum söz konusu mudur? Bu makalenin amacı bu sorunun cevabını bulmaktır. Bu makalede işkencenin hiçbir koşulda kabul edilemeyeceği ve işe yaramadığı, literatürdeki farklı görüşler ele alınarak ifade edilecektir. Tam tersine, işkenceyi yasallaştırma çabasının yasal düzeni hukuki ve ahlaki açıdan nasıl kötü etkilediği ele alınacaktır. Ek olarak, acil durumlarda işkenceyi yasallaştırabilen görüşler eleştirilecek ve onların neden işlevsel olmadığı gösterilecektir. Sonuç olarak, işkenceye acil durumlarda ve istisnai durumlarda olsa bile izin verilemeyeceği vurgulanacaktır.

A NECESSARY EVIL? TO CREATE NEW EVIL! TORTURE AGAINST SUSPECTED TERRORISTS

The rise of the threat of terrorism by anumber of non-state actors such as DAESHand Boko Haram is increasing across theglobe, resulting in the deaths and injuryof thousands of civilians as well as insignificant economic loss and damage toproperty. In view of this threat, are there anycircumstances in which it can ever be lawfuland/or morally justifiable to carry out acts oftorture against suspected terrorists in orderto safeguard civilians from an imminentattack? The aim of this article is to find theanswer to this question. The article willdemonstrate that torture cannot be acceptedunder any circumstances and explainwhy torture does not work by examiningdifferent perspectives in literature. On thecontrary, the efforts to justify mistreatmentand torture adversely affect the legal orderboth in terms of the legal and moral aspects.In addition, the arguments justifying torturein emergency situations will be criticizedand it will be shown why they are notfunctional. As a consequence, tortureshould not be allowed even in exceptionaland emergency situations.

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