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Testimony Before The Senate Committee On Foreign Relations, Convention Against Torture, David F. Forte
Testimony Before The Senate Committee On Foreign Relations, Convention Against Torture, David F. Forte
Law Faculty Presentations and Testimony
Hearing to examine issues related to U.S. ratification of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment requiring nations to take measures to prevent torture and cruel and inhuman treatment, to prosecute or extradite alleged torturers, and to provide civil remedies for torture victims.
Support for U.S. ratification of UN convention against torture; examination of and concerns about proposed reservations and conditions to convention text (related materials, p. 49-60, 69-72); justification for certain reservations relating to U.S. sovereignty.