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2007

Torture

Criminal Law

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Interrogation Of Detainees: Extending A Hand Or A Boot?, Amos N. Guiora Feb 2007

Interrogation Of Detainees: Extending A Hand Or A Boot?, Amos N. Guiora

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The so called “war on terror” provides the Bush administration with a unique opportunity to both establish clear guidelines for the interrogation of detainees and to make a forceful statement about American values. How the government chooses to act can promote either an ethical commitment to the norms of civil society, or an attitude analogous to Toby Keith’s “American Way,” where Keith sings that “you’ll be sorry that you messed with the USofA, ‘Cuz we’ll put a boot in your ass, It’s the American Way.”

No aspect of the “war on terrorism” more clearly addresses this balance than coercive interrogation. …

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Pinochet And The Uncertain Globalization Of Criminal Law, Robert C. Power Dec 2006

Pinochet And The Uncertain Globalization Of Criminal Law, Robert C. Power

Robert C Power

This article examines how the efforts to bring former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte to justice have affected international criminal law. It argues that traditional international law seems largely irrelevant today because the paradigmatic crime of the Pinochet era was torture, which is now addressed primarily through the Torture Convention, and the most appropriate forum is the International Criminal Court (ICC) rather than national courts. The article emphasizes the need to use international tribunals such as the ICC to help protect international criminal prosecutions from the kind of political erosion that left a very mixed record concerning Augusto Pinochet.

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