| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 2005 - 810 pagini
...to ensure that all acts of torture are offenses under their criminal laws. The CAT makes clear that "[n)o exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture." These provisions protect American citizens from torture. Depending on the oircumstancos, American citizens... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 2005 - 226 pagini
...proposed in 1984 by the United Nations General Assembly and was ratified by the US in 1994. It states that "no exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture," and that orders from superiors "may not be invoked as a justification of torture." That prohibition... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 2005 - 224 pagini
...proposed in 1984 by the United Nations General Assembly and was ratified by the US in 1994. It states that “no exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether...instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as ajustification of torture,” and that orders from superiors “may not be invoked as ajustification... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 2005 - 1226 pagini
...provides, however, that "|njo exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat or war, internal political instability or any other public...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture." 19 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which also bans torture and other mistreatment,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 2005 - 1496 pagini
...administrative, judicial or other to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, ternal political in stability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of 3.... | |
| Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel - 2005 - 1306 pagini
...public authority may not be invoked as a justification of torture. Specifically, Article 2(2) provides: “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat or war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification... | |
| Larry Beinhart - 2006 - 218 pagini
...26, 1987, and became United States law as sections 2340 and 2340A of the United States Code, states: No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture. That's about as straightforward and to the point as it can get. So the White House legal crew of Alberto... | |
| Kristian Williams - 2006 - 292 pagini
...Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment makes clear. Article 2 reads: "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture." When the US government ratifies such treaties they become, according to Article VI of the Constitution,... | |
| Henri Alleg - 2006 - 122 pagini
...based on discrimination of any kind" (Art. i, Sec. i). Moreover, the UN. Convention explicitly states, "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture" (Art. 2, Sec. 2). This is why the testimony of Henri Alleg reverberates today. Alleg revealed to the... | |
| Richard Pierre Claude, Burns H. Weston - 2006 - 576 pagini
...prevention program adopted as a model guide by Amnesty International, Dr. Ramcharan concluded unequivocally: "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether...emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture." 14 9. See Barbara Harff, "No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political... | |
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