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Torture
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Human Rights at Home Blog
“In Our Name”: An Unexpected Intervention to End Torture
By mdavis
As law professors, we often repeat the same strategies again and again in our efforts to promote human rights dialogue and education: we write law review articles, blogs, op eds,…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Protecting Children Deprived of Their Liberty from Torture and Ill-Treatment
By Lauren E. BartlettLast week, Juan E. Méndez, U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, released an important thematic report on children deprived…
International Law Prof Blog
IACHR Takes Case Against Peru to Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR or Commission) filed an application with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court) against Peru with respect to Luis Williams Pollo Rivera. The…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: Refuge: Caring for Survivors of Torture
Refuge: Caring for Survivors of Torture Refugees, asylees and caregivers share their stories to help professionals and volunteers understand the needs of the more than a million survivors of torture…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Whiplash: Viewing Torture Through a Movie Lens
by Lesley Wexler One of 2014's best movies might be viewed as a meditation on torture. While a literal viewing of Whiplash concerns itself with the relationship between a jazz drummer…
EvidenceProf Blog
Torture Memo: D.C. Court Finds Sufficient Evidence to Support FSIA “Terrorism Exception” in North Korea Case
By Colin Miller
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) provides thatSubject to existing international agreements to which the United States is a party at the time of enactment of this Act a foreign…
In Search of Great Customer Experiences
Effective torture does not make torture acceptable
By Patrick Lamb
Note: This post is a deviation from my normal topic and expresses a personal political view. I appreciate your indulgence. I can no longer remain silent. I hope that others…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Unless the U.S. Fully Implements The Convention Against Torture,We Will Continue To Dispute Whether Waterboarding is Legal
By Penny M. Venetis Congress’s recently-released report on CIA interrogation methods leaves no doubt that the U.S. violated the letter and spirit of the Convention Against Torture (CAT), the international human…
The Right Coast
Bret Stephens: I Am Not Sorry the CIA Waterboarded – WSJ
I am not sorry Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the operational mastermind of 9/11, was waterboarded 183 times. KSM also murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl in 2002. He boasted about…
Human Rights at Home Blog
A Hole In the Bottom of the Boat
By Hope Metcalf This week, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence finally released its report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention, and interrogation program. The report confirms what countless survivors,…