Topic
Torture
226 published works
The Southern District of Florida Blog
TVPA Trial Regarding the Siege of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá Concludes
By jordic-martnez-cidsdfla-blogspot-com
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid Two weeks ago I wrote about the opening of Urán, et al. v. Plazas Vega, No. 0:22-cv-60338-RAR, the Torture Victim Protection Act case against retired Colombian…
JURIST
UN experts: Belarus weaponized criminal justice system against government dissent
The UN Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus on Tuesday presented a report detailing the weaponization of the nation’s criminal justice system against government…
JURIST
UN human rights chief warns of escalating repression across Middle East
By Renee Ferguson | U. Ottawa Faculty Of Law, CA
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned on Wednesday that repression of freedom of expression across the Middle East has deepened significantly since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran commenced at…
Law Web
LLM Notes: “Any torture or third-degree methods negate the basic human rights of human dignity and freedom of personal liberty. Discuss the notion of human rights and judicial attitude vis-à-vis these concepts as per Indian law.”
By Law Web
INTRODUCTION (2-3 marks) Torture and third-degree methods represent the antithesis of constitutional democracy and civilised governance. These practices—involving deliberate infliction of physical or mental pain by state authorities to extract…
Legal Theory Blog
Smith on Impunity for State-Sponsered Torture
Sam Smith has posted The Architecture of Impunity: How States Launder Torture Through Law and Geopolitics A Framework for Understanding State Crime and Its Counter-Forces on SSRN. Here is the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Salvadoran President Bukele denies beating and torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
The Associated Press reports that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele denied allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison. In a post on…
Legal Theory Blog
Aceves on Abortion Restrictions and Torture
William Aceves (California Western School of Law) has posted Abortion Costs and the Language of Torture (72 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 96 (2024)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Following…
Criminal
Intriguing spread in outcomes after Mississippi “Goon Squad” sentencings
I have not followed at all the ugly details involved in the so-called "Goon Squad" case from Mississippi, but a number of folks have flagged these cases for me this…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Report: “Endless Nightmare”: Torture and Inhuman Treatment in Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Detention
A report by students and faculty of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and Harvard Law School, members of the Peeler Immigration Lab at Harvard Medical School, and Physicians…
Health Law Prof Blog
Punishing Physicians Who Torture: A Work in Progress
Steven Miles (University of Minnesota), Punishing Physicians Who Torture: A Work in Progress, 20 Torture (2023):Background: There are only a few anecdotal accounts describing physicians being punished for complicity with…