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A.I. Reports on US Compliance with UN Convention Against Torture
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2001
by Julia Lutsky
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2001, page 26
In May 2000, a United States government delegation appeared before the UN Committee against Torture in Geneva to present its first report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention against Torture). When the government had presented its case, ...
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Police Misconduct,
Reviews,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
International Law.
Location:
United States of America.
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