U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT) : Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Arabs.

Treaties.

Torture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides an overview of the U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT), including the definition of torture under CAT; CAT requirements concerning the criminalization of torture; the availability of civil redress for victims of torture; requirements prohibiting cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; and CAT enforcement and monitoring measures. Reviews decisions by non-U.S. bodies concerning whether certain interrogation techniques rise to the level of torture, including British interrogation techniques in Northern Ireland and Israeli interrogation techniques employed against Palestinian security detainees.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT)

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