Convention Against Torture

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Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on February 12, 2010 2:10 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Countries all too frequently seek to cover up their own acts of torture, so the convention obligates signatory states to investigate credible allegations of torture, and it also recognizes that such crimes can be prosecuted anywhere. - David Cole, author of The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable (New Press)

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