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PCHR Welcomes Presidential Order Confirming Prohibition of All Forms of Torture. May 15, 2013 530
Abbas Issues Instructions Banning Torture. May 14, 2013 230
Libya Criminalises Torture, Kidnapping. Apr 12, 2013 242
HRW stresses rights gap, torture in Lebanon. Feb 1, 2013 734
Amnesty: Saudi Activist at Risk of Torture in Solitary Confinement. Jan 13, 2013 842
HRW lauds UK Police move to arrest Nepal torture suspect. Jan 4, 2013 543
Prosecutor demands torture trial be dropped due to statute of limitations. Dec 6, 2012 412
Human Rights Official: Torture Banned in Iran Legally, Religiously. Nov 27, 2012 231
Violence, Torture Come into Fashion in US. Nov 7, 2012 1014
Law centre launches campaign against torture. Oct 10, 2012 449
Understanding the U.S. torture state. Gregory, Anthony Essay Sep 22, 2012 2806
Media personality was not tortured by Marcos. Sep 21, 2012 548
Incarcerated inside Israel. Aug 11, 2012 2519
Qaraqe: Israel Arrest 700 Child Annually, 90% of them Subjected to Torture. Jul 18, 2012 311
Atambaev signs the law on creation of the National center for prevention of torture in prisons. Jul 13, 2012 186
Judging torture: lessons from Israel. Nourafchan, Nicolo Jun 22, 2012 16268
Prosecutor vs. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo: the cumulative charging principle, gender-based violence, and expressivism. O'Regan, Fiona Jun 22, 2012 16279
Judging torture: lessons from Israel. Nourafchan, Nicolo Jun 22, 2012 9591
China vows to prevent extortion of confession by torture. Jun 11, 2012 456
UN HC assured: NA to adopt Draft National Law on Torture in 3 months. Jun 8, 2012 838
Torture on trial: legal and humane frameworks for opposing torture. Swanson, David May 1, 2012 3198
Reconsidering the theoretical accuracy and prosecutorial effectiveness of international tribunals' ad hoc approaches to conceptualizing crimes of sexual violence as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide. Carson, Kimberly E. May 1, 2012 4537
Parliament Speaker, UN Human Rights Commissioner's Regional Representative discuss Torture Prevention Center in Kyrgyzstan. Feb 17, 2012 180
Failing to walk the rights talk? Post-9/11 security policy and the Supreme Court of Canada. Macfarlane, Emmett Feb 1, 2012 8861
New laws to fast-track torture claims probe. Jan 13, 2012 457
Zero Tolerance for Torture. Jan 12, 2012 999
WE'RE STUCK WITH IRAQ TORTURE DOC; EXCLUSIVE. Oct 24, 2011 333
Tunisia criminalises torture. Oct 20, 2011 289
Tunisia criminalises torture. Oct 19, 2011 262
Pak Govt providing impunity to police, army men inflicting torture in custody: AHRC. Jun 26, 2011 373
Miscellaneous - Sit-in in support of victims of torture. Jun 26, 2011 247
Shiite protesters arrested--accused of violating law and shouting slogans against the regime--47 health professionals claim forced to sign false confessions under torture. Jun 8, 2011 456
The tortured patient: a medical dilemma. Lepora, Chiara; Millum, Joseph May 1, 2011 8615
The Omar Khadr case: how the Supreme Court of Canada undermined the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Woo, Grace Li Xiu Apr 1, 2011 9903
Egypt: Impunity for Torture Fuels Days of Rage. Feb 1, 2011 1473
HRW: Impunity for Torture Fuels Days of Rage. Feb 1, 2011 1473
Independence and experimentalism in the Department of Justice. Spaulding, Norman W. Jan 1, 2011 21032
Torture in the eyes of the beholder: the psychological difficulty of defining torture in law and policy. McDonnell, Mary-Hunter Morris; Nordgren, Loran F.; Loewenstein, George Jan 1, 2011 16858
Divided loyalties of health professionals: professional standards and military duty. Ascheim, Deborah D.; Gittleman, Andrea Jan 1, 2011 2137
PFUJ wants probe into torture, kidnapping and killing of Baluchistan media Persons. Dec 31, 2010 446
PFUJ wants probe into torture, kidnapping and killing of Baluchistan media Persons. Dec 31, 2010 446
CIA clears agents in destruction of torture tapes. Nov 10, 2010 679
The law: who was John Yoo's client? The torture memos and professional misconduct. Baker, Nancy V. Essay Nov 4, 2010 10444
Tyranny triumphing: as Americans sit on the sidelines sleeping, or sit cheering for activities they don't understand, our elected elites are sprinting toward eliminating citizens' safeguards. Kenny, Jack Oct 11, 2010 2471
Murder is murder, there are no degrees - I think they should bring back hanging; PRESSURE is mounting for a change in murder charge laws which could see killers escape life sentences. But the plans have not been welcomed by mum of Tyneside torture victim Andrew Gardner. ANDY HUGHES speaks to heartbroken Jean Gardner. Sep 9, 2010 466
Torture the ugly face of this nation. Sep 9, 2010 1334
Torture evidence helps reach verdict. Aug 7, 2010 735
"A new era of openness?": Disclosing intelligence to Congress under Obama. Clark, Kathleen Jun 22, 2010 9813
Safeguarding human rights. Jun 22, 2010 558
MOUNTING COST; pounds 2m bill for tortured horses. May 23, 2010 543
The Obama presidency: the first year. Kampmark, Binoy Mar 22, 2010 4223
The value of claiming torture: an analysis of Al-Qaeda's tactical lawfare strategy and efforts to fight back. Lebowitz, Michael J. Mar 22, 2010 17171
Rights groups urge gov't to repeal emergency law. Mar 11, 2010 637
La loi sur l'immunite des etats Canadienne et la torture. Larocque, Francois Mar 1, 2010 17517
Israeli Denial: Suppressing the Practice of Torture. Feb 24, 2010 3233
Israeli Use of Painful Shackling As a Form of Torture. Company overview Jan 5, 2010 4423
International law and the torture memos. Scharf, Michael P. Dec 22, 2009 17055
Civil liability of Bush, Cheney, et al. for torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment and forced disappearance. Paust, Jordan J. Dec 22, 2009 18195
Beyond the torture memos: perceptual filters, cultural commitments, and partisan identity. Robertson, Cassandra Burke Dec 22, 2009 6559
Prosecuting Guantanamo in Europe: can and shall the masterminds of the "torture memos" be held criminally responsible on the basis of universal jurisdiction? Ambos, Kai Dec 22, 2009 21868
The wrongheaded and dangerous campaign to criminalize good faith legal advice. Ku, Julian Dec 22, 2009 4447
Ban on declawing cats gets tentative OK MEASURE: Some critics equate practice on cats to torture of human beings. Nov 7, 2009 377
In the name of democracy: the new head of the CIA, director Leon Panetta, has his work cut out as he settles into the new job. Vesely, Milan Oct 1, 2009 1424
International law - prohibition on refoulement - remedies - Maher Arar v. John Ashcroft. Ryan, Daniel Sep 22, 2009 6803
Licence to kill... Sep 17, 2009 773
Philippines Senate ratifies legislation outlawing torture. Sep 4, 2009 306
Law Minister takes notice of police torture against Atta buyer. Sep 3, 2009 176
Getting Away with Torture u Book Review. Aug 15, 2009 1100
Was it torture, or value-added questioning? Spivey, Ed, Jr. Aug 1, 2009 671
Torture probe: who's being protected under the searing bright light? Swanson, David Essay Jul 1, 2009 1977
Standard operating procedure. Bacso, Kenneth Jul 1, 2009 3222
Enhancing interrogation: advancing a new agenda. Wahlquist, John A. Report Jun 22, 2009 6378
Obama restarts Guantanamo trials. May 16, 2009 544
Obama restarts Guantanamo trials. May 15, 2009 544
Honesty is the best policy: a case for the limitation of deceptive police interrogation practices in the United States. Khasin, Irina May 1, 2009 13898
Interrogation's law. Levi, William Ranney May 1, 2009 21358
In a time of torture: from the Human Rights Watch Report. May 1, 2009 2918
Obama: First 100 days 'good start'. Apr 30, 2009 604
US Democrats split on how to investigate Bush-era officials over interrogation tactics. Apr 25, 2009 919
Prisoner of war camps: lack of a revolution. Caci, Jennifer; Cline, Joanne M. Apr 1, 2009 5491
An eye for an eye: Counterterrorism, reciprocity, and human rights. Miller, Seumas Mar 22, 2009 2086
US broke intl law by "torturing" prisoners: ICRC. Mar 15, 2009 641
Who may be tried under the Military Commissions Act of 2006? Montano, Michael Mar 1, 2009 26973
Obama's orders to close Gitmo, ban torture, review detention. Brief article Feb 16, 2009 133
Terror war crimes. Brief article Jan 12, 2009 244
Creating a torture culture. Clarke, Alan Dec 22, 2008 21465
Agency and constitutional law - civil liability of United States officials for acts committed against non-resident aliens - Rasul V. Myers, 512 F.3d 644 (D.C. Cir. 2008). Trilla, Tom Dec 22, 2008 3828
Extraordinary rendition, extraordinary mistake. Millar, Sangitha McKenzie Aug 29, 2008 5729
Torture warrants and the rule of law. Parry, John T. Jun 22, 2008 11492
Challenges facing society in the implementation of the death penalty. Gaitan, Fernando J., Jr. Jun 1, 2008 10742
Torture and the "distributive justice" theory of self-defense: an assessment. Kaufman, Whitley Essay Mar 22, 2008 10671
Female genital mutilation: exploring strategies for ending ritualized torture; shaming, blaming, and utilizing the Convention against Torture. Broussard, Patricia A. Jan 1, 2008 16311
Precedent of the European Convention on Human Rights to the CIA'S high value detainees program in and through Europe. Abdel-Monem, Tarik Dec 22, 2007 11580
We have ways ... the Bush administration continues to disavow torture--and to officialize its practice. Bovard, James Nov 5, 2007 1569
Torture resolution criticized. Ault, Alicia Brief article Sep 1, 2007 181
De-immunizing torture: reconciling human rights and state immunity. Forcese, Craig Mar 22, 2007 22185
Bush circumvents torture ban; within hours of signing a bill banning torture, President Bush issued a bill-signing statement that, in effect, reserved the right to authorize torture regardless of the ban. Telzrow, Michael E. Feb 6, 2006 758
Leading away from the will of the people. Nov 18, 2005 847
Secret detentions cover torture, say 'enemy combatant' advocates. Feuerherd, Joe Jan 21, 2005 1184
Zero tolerance for torture: an interview with Sister Dianna Ortiz, O.S.U. Scherer-Emunds, Meinrad Interview Jan 1, 2004 3424
Torture on the road to freedom. Humphrey, Michael Jan 1, 2004 2420
Torture, extraterritoriality, terrorism, and international law. Gathii, James Thuo Dec 22, 2003 17582
Torture as a crime under international law. van der Vyver, Johan D. Dec 22, 2003 17083
The Torture Victim's Protection Act, the Alien Tort Claims Act, and Foucault's archaeology of knowledge. Engle, Eric Dec 22, 2003 11209
Moral universes of Brazilian torturers. Huggins, Martha K. Dec 22, 2003 3096
Responding to terrorism: how must a democracy do it? A comparison of Israeli and American law. Grebinar, Jonathan Nov 1, 2003 10389
Courting international business: what are the human rights obligations of global capitalism? (Capitalism). Aaronson, Susan Ariel Mar 22, 2003 1512
ISRAEL - July 25 - Danish Retreat On Threat To Envoy. Brief Article Jul 28, 2001 295
Immunity for military revoked. Brief Article Mar 8, 2001 133
Limits sought on torture complaints. Brief Article Feb 15, 2001 84
TURKEY - Sept. 25 - Pledges To Abolish Rights Abuses. Brief Article Sep 30, 2000 90

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