执行刑讯的志愿者所负的责任低于为刑讯开脱和创造条件的高级公职人员，而后者的责任又低于要求进行刑讯的政治决策者。
The volunteer who carries out the task of torture is less liable than the high-ranking civil servant who justified and nurtured it. And the latter is less liable than the political decision-maker who asked for it.