Furthermore, the Commission argued that by virtue of their nature the acts of political rape committed could be considered akin to torture since customary international law had developed to consider rape as torture when committed for political ends.
另外，委员会还认为，出于政治目的强奸就其性质而言可认为与酷刑相近，因为习惯国际法已经把出于政治目的强奸视为酷刑。