6/1: 763 HE PHENOMENON OF TORTURE HEARINGS AND MARKUP BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.J. Res. 605 536 0 MAY 15, 16; SEPTEMBER 6, 1984 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Stanford Law Library 3 6105 063 167 634 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida, Chairman H. HAMILTON, Indiana HAEL D. BARNES, Maryland W. CROCKETT, JR., Michigan PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida HOWARD L. BERMAN, California HARRY M. REID, Nevada MEL LEVINE, California EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, Ohio TED WEISS, New York GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York ROBERT GARCIA, New York WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan TOBY ROTH, Wisconsin HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois GERALD B. H. SOLOMON, New York DOUGLAS K. BEREUTER, Nebraska MARK D. SILJANDER, Michigan ED ZSCHAU, California JOHN J. BRADY, Jr., Chief of Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GUS YATRON, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON BONKER, Washington TED WEISS, New York TOM LANTOS, California JIM LEACH, Iowa ED ZSCHAU, California GERALD B. H. SOLOMON, New York MARK J. TAVLARIDES, Subcommittee Staff Director (II) CONTENTS WITNESSES Amy Young, executive director, International Human Rights Law Group.. Hon. Jerome Shestack, president, International League for Human Rights and former Representative of the United States to the U.N. Juan E. Mendez, director of the Washington Office, Americas Watch Millard W. Arnold, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Thursday, September 6, 1984 (full committee markup; no witnesses). 277 MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Text of the U.N. Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment . 1. Briefing paper by Amnesty International entitled, "Against Torture," pub- 2. Text of letter dated August 22, 1984, from Hon. W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs to Chairman Fascell, providing State Department comments on House Joint |