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- John B. Bellinger Iii Delivers Opening Remarks at the U.N. Committee Against Torture
JOHN BELLINGER DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT THE U.N. COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AS RELEASED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT MA...
- Political Transcript Wire
- August 10, 2009
- Barry Lowenkron Delivers an Opening Statement at the U.S. Hearing at the U.N. Committee Against Torture
ASSISTANT SECRETARY LOWENKRON DELIVERS AN OPENING STATEMENT AT THE U.S. HEARING AT THE U.N. COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE, AS RELEASED BY THE ST...
- Political Transcript Wire
- August 10, 2009
- Selected Decisions of the Committee Against Torture; V.1: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ISBN: 9789211541854 TITLE: Selected decisions of the committee against torture; v.1: Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading ...
- Reference and Research Book News
- Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, May 2009

- Coercion's common threads: addressing vagueness in the federal criminal prohibitions on torture by looking to state domestic violence laws.
... to the ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Trea... to the ICCPR, the Human Rights Committee has gone so far as expressly to reject the proposa...
- Michigan Law Review
- Vol. 109 Nbr. 5, March 2011
- The Oakland Press Tortures the Truth
The Press got one thing right. Israel is "tolerant" ... of torture, that is. As Louis Frankenthaler of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel wrote earlier this year, Israel "continues to use torture. ... One may choose to believe that torture has been 'abolished in Israel' but it continues with impunity." A 2006 scientific poll for the BBC in 25 countries found: "The largest percentage endorsing torture was found in Israel. ... A majority of Jewish respondents (53%) favor allowing governments to use torture ... In contrast, Muslims in Israel ... are overwhelmingly (87%) against any use of torture." Maybe Israeli tolerance for torture is what inspired the Press to torture the truth so viciously when they criticized the TAAN and my article.
- Arab American News, The
- August 28, 2009
- Mccain Says Israelis Don't Torture
The result is a total, hermetic, impenetrable and unconditional protection that envelops the GSS system of torture, and enables it to continue undisturbed, with no supervision or scrutiny to speak of. The achievements of the HCJ ruling of 1999, which was to have put an end to large-scale torture and ill-treatment, limiting it to lone cases of 'ticking bombs,' have worn thin. The 'defense of necessity' has also become no more than a veneer. From the research undertaken by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, it is clear that torture is carried out in an orderly and institutional fashion. We know that cases termed 'ticking bombs,' do not involve a lone interrogator improvising "in the face of an unforeseen event," as the High Court stipulated. Interrogators appeal to their supe...
- Arab American News, The
- August 05, 2009
- Treatment of Muslim Men in Canada Denounced
[Alex Neve] declared that "liberty is one of the most fundamental human rights." Pro longed detention without a fair trial is a violation of that right, he said. As for Adil Charkaoui, who has been released under rigorous restrictions, Neve charged that these are so extreme that they are the equivalent of imprisonment. He also questioned why Canada is setting up the new detention unit at this time, as the Supreme Court of Canada is due to hear a challenge to the security certificate procedure in June. Neve pointed to the fact that U.N. bodies have condemned Canada's behavior. He undoubtedly had in mind the warning by the U.N. Committee Against Torture that it would be a violation of the Convention Against Torture to deport a person to face a substantial risk of torture, and the contenti...
- Arab American News, The
- August 06, 2009
- According to Amnesty International, U.S. Government Creating 'Climate of Torture'
WASHINGTON, May 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Amnesty International today made public a report detailing its concerns about torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners and detainees both in the United States and in U.S. detention sites around the world. The report has already been sent to members of the UN Committee Against Torture, who will be examining the U.S. compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on May 5 and 8 in Geneva. The Convention against Torture prohibits the use of torture in all circumstances and requires states to take effective legal and other measures to prevent torture and to provide appropriate punishment for those who commit torture.
- U.S. Newswire
- May 03, 2006
- U.N. Says Close Guantanamo
GENEVA - The United States should close its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and avoid using secret detention facilities in the war on terror, the U.N. panel that monitors compliance with the world's anti-torture treaty said today. The Committee Against Torture also said detainees should not be returned to any country where they could face a "real risk" of being tortured.
- Charleston Daily Mail
- May 19, 2006
- U.S. Says It Moved Quickly to Investigate Prisoner Abuse Claims; Critics Say U.S. Slow to Punish Senior Officials
WASHINGTON The U.S. government moved quickly to investigate allegations of detainee abuse by U.S. forces abroad, substantiating 190 incidents of mistreatment and meting out a wide variety of penalties, a State Department report said Friday. The report, submitted to the U.N. Committee Against Torture, said the actions have been consistent with international torture agreements.
- The Columbian
- May 08, 2005