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Human Dignity, Humiliation, And Torture, David Luban Jan 2009

Human Dignity, Humiliation, And Torture, David Luban

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Modern human rights instruments ground human rights in the concept of human dignity, without providing an underlying theory of human dignity. This paper examines the central importance of human dignity, understood as not humiliating people, in traditional Jewish ethics. It employs this conception of human dignity to examine and criticize U.S. use of humiliation tactics and torture in the interrogation of terrorism suspects.


Redefining Torture In The Age Of Terrorism: An Argument Against The Dilution Of Human Rights, Miri Lim Sep 2006

Redefining Torture In The Age Of Terrorism: An Argument Against The Dilution Of Human Rights, Miri Lim

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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