The Phenomenon of Torture: Hearings and Markup Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Its Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.J. Res. 605, May 15, 16; September 6, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 296 pagini |
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... action to combat and eventually to abolish torture , we must first understand it . We must look at where tor- ture is being practiced , who is practicing it , and what can be done to stop it . Our condemnation , then , should be voiced ...
... action to combat and eventually to abolish torture , we must first understand it . We must look at where tor- ture is being practiced , who is practicing it , and what can be done to stop it . Our condemnation , then , should be voiced ...
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... action towards its abolition . It's not enough to deny that torture exists . Torture does not occur in a vacuum . Certain conditions facilitate this most serious abuse of prisoners and allow its cover - up Amnesty International has ...
... action towards its abolition . It's not enough to deny that torture exists . Torture does not occur in a vacuum . Certain conditions facilitate this most serious abuse of prisoners and allow its cover - up Amnesty International has ...
Pagina 16
... action can save lives . United States legislation charges Congress with the responsibility of refusing aid to a government guilty of gross violations of human rights , unless the Administration determines that extraordinary ...
... action can save lives . United States legislation charges Congress with the responsibility of refusing aid to a government guilty of gross violations of human rights , unless the Administration determines that extraordinary ...
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... at all levels of society to take some kind of action against torture and that's what we're trying to do . I think we've been effective in rais- ing the issue of torture . I think more people are aware today than ever before 21.
... at all levels of society to take some kind of action against torture and that's what we're trying to do . I think we've been effective in rais- ing the issue of torture . I think more people are aware today than ever before 21.
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... actions by the U.S. Government . And there is a situation where , because of public outcry , becaus of domestic pressure , we have seen a situation where torture was extremely widespread in the late 1960's and the early 1970's , re ...
... actions by the U.S. Government . And there is a situation where , because of public outcry , becaus of domestic pressure , we have seen a situation where torture was extremely widespread in the late 1960's and the early 1970's , re ...
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