3. Torture

(1) A public officer or person acting in an official capacity, whatever his nationality, commits the offence of torture if in Antigua and Barbuda or elsewhere he intentionally inflicts severe pain or suffering on another in the performance or purported performance of his official duties.

3. Torture

(2) A person not falling within subsection (1) commits the offence of torture, whatever his nationality, if -

(a) in Antigua and Barbuda or elsewhere he intentionally severe pain or suffering on another at the instigation or with the consent or acquiescence -

(i) of a public officer ; or
(ii) of aperson acting in an official capacity ; and
(b) the officer or other person is performing or purporting to perform his official duties when he instigates the commission of the offence or consents to or acquiesces in it.

Article 7
Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(f) Torture

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(e) ‘Torture’ means 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;