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Defecte blootgestelde de martelingsrechtvaardiging van de Afdeling van de rechtvaardigheid
Donderdag, 1 Mei, 2008
DoJ probeerde om aan te tonen in hun brief dat of het ondervragingsgedrag het verbod van de Overeenkomsten van Genève op „overtreedtde verontwaardiging op persoonlijke waardigheid“ hangt gedeeltelijk af van waarom de ondervrager in het gedrag in dienst neemt. Aldus, zijn de acties om terrorisme te verhinderen onderworpen aan een hogere drempel alvorens schendingen te worden dan die om kleinere redenen zijn.
The court makes it absolutely clear that the phrase “all the circumstances” relates entirely to (and is bounded by) the “level of suffering endured by the victim.” For Benczkowski to claim that this language in any way includes consideration of “what justifications might exist” for the ill-treatment is an outrageous distortion. Tamanaha concludes:
We non-lawyers are left to wonder if the legal profession has any sanctions for such egregious malpractice in a matter of such great importance. See More:Torture USA NewsHave Your Say: Justice Department faulty torture justification exposed Please note, only selected comments will be published. Or discuss this report in our our new forums This entry was posted on Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 11:18 am and is filed under War & Terrorism News, General . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. |
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