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Torture
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Human Rights at Home Blog
The 10th Anniversary of Abu Ghraib
On the 10th anniversary of the publication of the horrific images of Abu Ghraib, co-editor Deena R. Hurwitz shares her reflections on the ongoing lack of accountability for the abuses that occurred. A shorter version…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sampling of reactions and commentary in wake of Oklahoma’s execution problems
Main May 1, 2014Sampling of reactions and commentary in wake of Oklahoma's execution problemsThanks largely to coverage and links provided by How Appealing and The StandDown Texas Project, I can…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Force-Feeding As Torture at Guantanamo
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJon B. Eisenberg, counsel, along with Reprieve US, for Shaker Aamer and Emad Hassan, Guantanamo detainees, writes over at Jurist.org that force-feeding detainees at…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tortured and Detained: Survivor Stories of US Immigration Detention,
A recent report by the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) and the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition International (TASSC), Tortured and Detained: Survivor Stories of US Immigration Detention,…
International Law Prof Blog
US Submits Periodic Report under Convention Against Torture
The U.S. State Department has filed its Periodic Report concerning the implementation of its obligations under the Convention Against Torture and has released it publicly here. Article 19 of the Convention Against…
International Law Prof Blog
Torture in Fiji
The United Nations human rights office has expressed shock by the content of a video showing the apparent torture of two men in Fiji, and called on the Government to…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: Dimock on Torture, Music, and Literature
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Peter Dimock's just published book, George Anderson: Notes for a Love Song in Imperial Time, is a novelistic intervention in contemporary anguish about the legality of torture. In a starred…
International Law Prof Blog
Argentina adopts new law to prevent torture
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a press release today welcoming the National Congress of Argentina’s recent approval of legislation that creates the System for Prevention of Torture…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Rejects Torture Claim Against Rumsfeld
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The en banc Seventh Circuit this week ruled in Vance v. Rumsfeld that two American military contractors had no cause of action against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture. The ruling…
International Law Prof Blog
US Appeals Court Rules Rumsfeld Cannot Be Held Accountable for Torture
In an 8-3 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc, ruled earlier this week that two American contractors allegedly tortured by U.S. forces in Iraq…