Directing the Attorney General to Transmit to the House of Representatives Documents in the Possession of the Attorney General Relating to the Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay: Adverse Report Together with Dissenting Views Report (to Accompany H. Res. 700) (including Committee Cost Estimate).U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 56 pagini |
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Pagina 54 - No State may permit or tolerate torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Exceptional circumstances such as a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may not be invoked as a justification of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Pagina 41 - ayes" appear to have it. The "ayes" have it. The amendment is agreed to. The question now occurs on the House Joint Resolution 494 as amended. All those in favor signify by saying "aye.
Pagina 10 - As a matter of policy, the United States Armed Forces shall continue to treat detainees humanely and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of Geneva.
Pagina 53 - When the President takes measures incompatible with the expressed or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb, for then he can rely only upon his own constitutional powers minus any constitutional powers of Congress over the matter.
Pagina 53 - VI treaties made under the authority of the United States, along with the Constitution and laws of the United States made in pursuance thereof, are declared the supreme law of the land.
Pagina 5 - Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens, you have unjustly imprisoned. Protect foreign journalists, diplomats, and aid workers in your country. Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan, and hand over every terrorist, and every person in their support structure, to appropriate authorities. Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure they are no longer operating.
Pagina 52 - ... the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality.
Pagina 52 - torture" means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control...
Pagina 52 - ... severe mental pain or suffering" means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from - (A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering; ( B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality...
Pagina 53 - We have long since made clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.