37-536 O Y 4.F76/1:563 THE 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 MAY 15, 16; SEPTEMBER 6, 1984 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida, Chairman LEE H HAMILTON, Indiana MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland GRO W CROCKETT, JR., Michigan PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania HARRY M. REID, Nevada MEL LEVINE, California EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, Ohio WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York TOBY ROTH, Wisconsin OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois GERALD B. H. SOLOMON, New York DOUGLAS K. BEREUTER, Nebraska MARK D. SILJANDER, Michigan ED ZSCHAU, California CONTENTS WITNESSES Mohammad Hanif Sadiq, for Ghulam O., from Afghanistan 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. APPENDIXES 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 (III) |