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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
- 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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