ODIHR Opinion on Definition of Torture and its Absolute Prohibition in Polish Legislation with the exception of the sanction of removal from office, also to the employee of a public corporation and to a foreign public official. See also the CAT concluding observation, where is positively noted the inclusion of a prohibition of torture and other treatment violating human dignity in the Constitution of Finland; in 2017, it further commended the State for initiatives to revise its legislation in areas of relevance to the Convention, including the Criminal Investigation Act. Criminal Code of Georgia Torture, Article 144 1. Torture, i.e. exposing a person, his/her close relative or the person who is dependent on him/her materially or otherwise to such conditions or treating him/her in a manner that causes severe physical pain or psychological or moral anguish, and which aims to obtain information, evidence or confession, threaten or coerce, or punish the person for the act he/she or a third person has committed or has allegedly committed, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years. 2. The same act committed: a) by an official or a person holding equivalent position; b) by abusing the official position; c) repeatedly; d) against two or more persons; e) by more than one person; f) by violating the equality of persons, or due to their race, colour, language, sex, religion, belief, political or other views, national, ethnic, social belonging, origin, place of residence, material status or title; g) knowingly by the offender against a pregnant woman, a minor, a person detained or otherwise deprived of freedom, a helpless person or a person dependent on the offender materially or otherwise; h) by contract; i) for the purpose of taking a hostage, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two to five years, with or without deprivation of the right to hold an office or carry out a particular activity for up to five years. 3. The same act committed by an organised group, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of twelve to seventeen years, with deprivation of the right to hold an official position or to carry out a particular activity for up to five years. See also CAT concluding observation, where it positively noted that the current legislation in line with international norms with regard to the definition of torture. The Criminal Justice Act of Ireland, (United Nations Convention against Torture Act N 11, 2000) Section 1 (1) In this act… Torture means an act or omission by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person (a) for such purposes as (i) obtaining from that person, or from another person, information or a confession, (ii) punishing that person for an act which the person concerned or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or (iii) intimidating or coercing that person or a third person, or (b) for any reason that is based on any form of discrimination, but does not include any such act that arises solely from, or is inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions. 17