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Torture
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International Law Prof Blog
Prosecuting CIA Officials for Torture
A United States Senate report has confirmed what the international community has long believed – that there was a clear policy orchestrated at a high level within the Bush Administration…
The Faculty Lounge
In case you haven’t read enough about torture today. . .
In recognition of the release of the SSCI Report, I thought I would share a couple of pieces that I wrote about the torture of a detainee that I represented…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Human Rights Clinic Issues Report on Solitary Confinement
Professor Deborah Weissman of the University of North Carolina School of Law announced that she and her students enrolled in the Immigration/Human Rights Clinic recently issued a comprehensive report on…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Oklahoma’s botched execution amounted to “medical experimentation” and torture, says inmate’s family
Clayton Lockett's execution by lethal injection for the 1999 murder of 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman in rural Oklahoma did not go well. After being declared unconscious, Lockett grimaced in pain and…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Civil Society and the Convention Against Torture
By Lia Lindsey, Kelleen Corrigan & Hayley Glennie In November, the Committee Against Torture (“the Committee”) will review the United States’ compliance with the Convention Against Torture (“the Convention”) at the…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Senate’s ‘Torture Report’ might not be released until after mid-term elections
Senate Democrats and President Obama can't agree on redactions to the upcoming Senate report on the government's use of harsh interrogation techniques/torture in the years since 9/11. While some expected…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“They were holding them under water until the point of death, with a doctor present to make sure they did not go too far. This was real torture.”
An anonymous source tells The Telegraph that the CIA tortured top al-Qaeda operatives captured after 9/11, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. This comes as we wait for a declassified version of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Amnesty International: Mexico: Out of control: Torture and other ill-treatment in Mexico
Photo Courtesy of Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International has released a troubling report on human rights abuses in Mexico. Mexico: Out of control: Torture and other ill-treatment in Mexico reports that anyone…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Abu Ghraib Prisoners’ Claim Allowed Under Alien Tort Statute
The opinion by Judge Keenan in Al Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc., No. 13-1937 (4th Cir. June 30, 2014) sums it up:In this appeal, we consider whether a federal…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
No Damage Claim for U.S. Citizen Tortured in Africa
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJudge Emmet G. Sullivan (D.D.C.) on Friday dismissed a case brought by a U.S. citizen against FBI agents for torturing and mistreating him as…