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Torture
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International Law Prof Blog
Thailand Fails to Criminalize Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance and Torture
The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Thailand to criminalize enforced or involuntary disappearance and torture. The announcement follows news last week that National Legislative Assembly…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Death Penalty as Torture From the Dark Ages to Abolition”
Main February 4, 2017"The Death Penalty as Torture From the Dark Ages to Abolition"The title of this post is the title of this new book authored by John Bessler about…
International Law Prof Blog
An Open Letter to Donald Trump from the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has released an open letter that it sent to the President-Elect of the United States, Donald J. Trump, calling on him to reassert the…
PrawfsBlawg
Defining terms and talkng past one another
Main Monday, December 12, 2016Defining terms and talkng past one anotherA great frustration in the conversation (especially in the press) over torture during the George W. Bush years was the…
The Right Coast
Sorry, Mad Dog, Waterboarding Works – WSJ
Yet in a ticking-time-bomb scenario, should CIA officers just do whatever is necessary and hope for clemency in the trial that would follow? As someone who was thrown under the…
The Right Coast
Torture Can Be Useful, Nearly Half of Americans in Poll Say – The New York Times
UNITED NATIONS Nearly half of Americans in a global survey said they believed an enemy fighter could be tortured to extract information, according to results released Monday. That finding puts…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
How Soldiers Deal with Orders to Commit Torture
Donald Trump advocated torture during his campaign. He even advocated targeting the families of alleged terrorists. "Task & Purpose," a nice veterans website, discusses the legal ramifications for soldiers during…
Human Rights at Home Blog
The US Endangerment of CAT – Again
By margaretdrew
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to bring back waterboarding. Indeed, he promised to bring back much worse. In apparant disregard of the Convention Against Torture, Trump proclaimed "I…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
A Remembrance Day proposal for Ab(normalizing) Torture (Professor Ben Davis)
It has been reported in Politico on November 10, 2016 that the Trump team has warned President Obama not to make major moves on foreign policy. At the same time…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
No Political Question Bar for Abu Ghraib Torture Victims
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Fourth Circuit ruled today that victims of torture at the hands of a private military contractor are not barred by the political question…