Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [HRW]

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Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [HRW]

Bernard Hibbitts

May 5, 2006 07:18:00 pm

Supplemental Submission to the Committee Against Torture, Huamn Rights Watch, April 2006 [outlining "new laws, policies, and practices that reflect the continuing failure of the U.S. to fully accept its obligations under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment]. Read the full text of the submission. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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