Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (continued): Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 10, 2005U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 1159 pages |
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... Torture , the expert body established by the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel , Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ( CAT ) to oversee implementation of that treaty . The USA's Initial Report to the Committee had ...
... Torture , the expert body established by the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel , Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ( CAT ) to oversee implementation of that treaty . The USA's Initial Report to the Committee had ...
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... torture . He was quoted as saying : “ Torture , as a matter of prosecution , is defined by Congress as the intentional infliction of severe physical and mental pain or suffering . Congress intended a very high bar here in order to be ...
... torture . He was quoted as saying : “ Torture , as a matter of prosecution , is defined by Congress as the intentional infliction of severe physical and mental pain or suffering . Congress intended a very high bar here in order to be ...
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... torture following a request from the CIA for legal protections for its interrogators . 391 That memorandum . which Alberto Gonzales " accepted " as a " good - faith effort " , represented the position of the executive branch until it ...
... torture following a request from the CIA for legal protections for its interrogators . 391 That memorandum . which Alberto Gonzales " accepted " as a " good - faith effort " , represented the position of the executive branch until it ...
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... Torture , submitted on 6 May 2005 , the US government states that " The United States is aware of allegations that it has transferred individuals to third countries where they have been tortured . The United States does not transfer ...
... Torture , submitted on 6 May 2005 , the US government states that " The United States is aware of allegations that it has transferred individuals to third countries where they have been tortured . The United States does not transfer ...
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... torture , what does it consider to amount to cruel , inhuman or degrading treatment ( equally and absolutely prohibited under international law ) , and what has been the legal guidance offered to the CIA by the Justice Department ? On ...
... torture , what does it consider to amount to cruel , inhuman or degrading treatment ( equally and absolutely prohibited under international law ) , and what has been the legal guidance offered to the CIA by the Justice Department ? On ...
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Page 581 - torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession...
Page 64 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act) was enacted on October 26, 2001.
Page 229 - To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him...
Page 214 - MILITARY ORDER OF NOVEMBER 13, 2001 Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism...
Page 583 - The benefit of the present provision may not, however, be claimed by a refugee whom there are reasonable grounds for regarding as a danger to the security of the country in which he is, or who, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of that country.
Page 224 - ... the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
Page 455 - A popular Government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Page 40 - Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
Page 702 - No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind.
Page 186 - The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.