| Description |
xiii, 218 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Published in conjunction with Human Rights Watch." -- T.p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-218). |
| Contents |
History of torture / James Ross -- Moral prohibition at a price / Michael Ignatieff -- Torture and terrorism : painful lessons from Israel / Eitan Felner -- Counterinsurgency and torture : exporting torture tactics from Indochina and Algeria to Latin America / Marie-Monique Robin -- Torture in Latin America / Juan E. Méndez -- Torture : a family affair / Héctor Timerman -- Torture spoken here : ending global torture / Minky Worden -- On negotiating with torturers / Nigel Rodley, interviewed by Amy D. Bernstein -- Sexual violence, torture, and international justice / Cherie Booth -- Treating torture victims / Mary R. Fabri -- Banned State Department practices / Tom Malinowski -- Road to Abu Ghraib : torture and impunity in U.S. detention / Reed Brody -- Respecting the Geneva Conventions / John McCain -- Command responsibility for torture / Dinah Pokempner -- Torture in U.S. prisons / Jamie Fellner -- Justifying torture / Kenneth Roth. |
| Summary |
Of all the issues on the international human right agenda, torture has given Americans the moral higher ground...until now. With the recent abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo, the question of cruel and degrading treatment has taken on a new urgency in the United States and elsewhere. For the first time, we are being told that torture may in fact be necessary, in some cases, to prevent a future terrorist attack. What are we to make of this radical shift in policy given its discord with fundamental human values? |
| Subject |
Torture.
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Human rights.
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| Added Author |
Roth, Kenneth.
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Worden, Minky.
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Bernstein, Amy D.
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Human Rights Watch (Organization)
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| ISBN |
156584971X |
| Standard No. |
9781565849716 |
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