Big Deal? U.S. Changes Stance on Cruelty Prohibition

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Torture;    Human rights;    Punishment;    Prisoners';    rights;   

RP-ID  :  crs_ls_2014Dec16_bigdeal

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This legal sidebar outlines a change in the U.S. interpretation regarding aspects of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT); these comments were presented as part of the U.S. periodic report to the U.N. Committee Against Torture.