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Torture
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Legal Profession Blog
Torture Logic
The Law Society of Upper Canada case linked below (and here) has another aspect - the accused attorney contends that he was tortured!Mr. Sumner says that Mr. Kochis engaged in…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Trump Threatens a Civil Military Crisis
Retired GEN John Allen spoke at the Democratic National Convention last week. He has since explained that he felt he had to speak up because Donald Trump advocates that the…
PrawfsBlawg
Government-Sponsored Torture in Chicago
Main Friday, July 29, 2016Government-Sponsored Torture in ChicagoI was listening to NPR this week, and the Planet Money section of the broadcasts was discussing the $100,000 payout received by each…
International Law Prof Blog
UN Human Rights Experts Highlight Need to Protect LGBTI People from Violence and Torture in Detention
Ahead of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Sunday, June 26, 2016), UN human rights experts highlighted the lack of policies and methods to recognise people’s self-identified…
International Law Prof Blog
Hissene Habre found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
The Extraordinary African Chambers issued its decision today finding the former dictator of Chad, Hissene Habre, guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Chambers sentenced Habre to life…
Human Rights at Home Blog
TREATY BODIES LOOK AT U.S. PROGRESS ON TORTURE AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
by Margaret DrewThis post follows up both Risa Kaufman's earlier post on UN Special Procedures and the U.S. visit and Martha Davis' post on two writings that take a critical…
The Right Coast
Exclusive: Most Americans support torture against terror suspects – poll | Reuters
Republicans were more accepting of torture to elicit information than Democrats: 82 percent of Republicans said torture is "often" or "sometimes" justified, compared with 53 percent of Democrats. via www.reuters.comThis is…
International Law Prof Blog
LGBT Detainees Suffer More Acts of Violence in Custody
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) detainees suffer more acts of violence than the general population in custody, according to a new United Nations human rights report that explored the…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Accountability for Torture
by Deborah WeissmanThe UNC School of Law Human Rights Policy Lab is pleased to release its report, Assessing Recent Developments: Achieving Accountability for TortureFollowing September 2001, the United States government…
The Right Coast
Donald Trump reverses position on torture – CNNPolitics.com
Washington (CNN)Republican front-runner Donald Trump moved to staunch scathing criticism of his national security views on Friday, executing an abrupt about-face by declaring that he would not order the U.S.…