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Selected CRS Materials on Detention and Interrogation of Terrorist Suspects and Enemy Belligerents (open access)

Selected CRS Materials on Detention and Interrogation of Terrorist Suspects and Enemy Belligerents

This legal sidebar discusses issues of contention, which include whether U.S. detention and interrogation practices were permissible under domestic and international law, and whether U.S. personnel who authorized or engaged in such practices could be subject to criminal liability.
Date: December 16, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Big Deal? U.S. Changes Stance on Cruelty Prohibition (open access)

Big Deal? U.S. Changes Stance on Cruelty Prohibition

This legal sidebar outlines a change in the U.S. interpretation regarding aspects of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT); these comments were presented as part of the U.S. periodic report to the U.N. Committee Against Torture.
Date: December 16, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library