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Torture : does it make us safer? is it ever OK? : a human rights perspective / edited by Kenneth Roth and Minky Worden; Amy D. Bernstein, contributing editor.

Van Pelt Library HV8593 .T6623 2005
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Roth, Kenneth.
Worden, Minky.
Bernstein, Amy D.
Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Torture.
Human rights.
Physical Description:
xiii, 218 pages ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, [2005]
Summary:
- Michael Ignatieff on whether torture is ever justified - Juan Mendez on the victim's perspective - David Rieff on why the human rights community is naive about torture - Jamie Felner on domestic torture within U.S. prisons - Sir Nigel Rodley on negotiating with torturers - Julia Hall on rendition to torturing countries - Jim Ross on the history of torture
Contents:
Part I International Torture
1 A History of Torture / James Ross 3
2 Moral Prohibition at a Price / Michael Ignatieff 18
3 Torture and Terrorism: Painful Lessons from Israel / Eitan Felner 28
4 Counterinsurgency and Torture: Exporting Torture Tactics from Indochina and Algeria to Latin America / Marie-Monique Robin 44
5 Torture in Latin America / Juan E. Mendez 55
6 Torture: A Family Affair / Hector Timerman 69
7 Torture Spoken Here: Ending Global Torture / Minky Worden 79
8 On Negotiating with Torturers / Sir Nigel Rodley, interviewed by Amy D. Bernstein 106
9 Sexual Violence, Torture, and International Justice / Cherie Booth 117
10 Treating Torture Victims / Dr. Mary R. Fabri 131
Part II Torture and the United States
11 Banned State Department Practices / Tom Malinowski 139
12 The Road to Abu Ghraib: Torture and Impunity in U.S. Detention / Reed Brody 145
13 Respecting the Geneva Conventions / John McCain 155
14 Command Responsibility for Torture / Dinah Pokempner 158
15 Torture in U.S. Prisons / Jamie Fellner 173
16 Justifying Torture / Kenneth Roth 184.
Notes:
"Published in conjunction with Human Rights Watch."
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
156584971X
OCLC:
60312040

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