(CAT) was adopted.5The CAT is the first binding international instrument exclusively dedicated to the struggle against torture. Definition of ‘Torture’ in the CAT, Art. 1: ‘Torture’ is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. While drafting the CAT, the issue as to what constitutes ‘severe pain’ was elaborately discussed by the Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights. However, the framers of the Draft Convention for the Prevention and Suppression of Torture6 did address the problem and offered explanation to the effect that “[t]he scope of ‘severe’ 5 6 22 GA Res. 39/46, UN GAOR, 39th session, Supp. No. 51, at 197, UN Doc A/39/51 (1984). For the text of the Draft Convention, see, the Draft Convention for the Prevention and Suppression of Torture, submitted by the International Association of Penal Law, UN Doc. E/CN4/NGO/213 (1978).