Torture Goes against Domestic Human Rights Laws

Torture has long been a security system in many countries. Torture is a physical or mental event that involves obtaining information or confession from him or a third party, punishing others against acts performed by him or a third party, and intentionally doing things It means. The imposed behavior. It is suspected to be guilty (Bassiouni 418) Because torture has various methods such as watering, striking, head slapping, electric shock, it is a very complicated problem.

Since the middle of the 20th century, torture has been banned by international law and domestic laws in most countries. It is regarded as an infringement of human rights and declared unacceptable in Article 5 of the UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Signatories to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the 1st and 2nd Additional Protocol on 8th June 1977 formally agreed not to torture trapped persons in international or domestic armed conflict. The United Nations Convention against Torture also prohibits torture ratified in 157 countries.

Article 4 of the Tortoise Treaty Convention obliges Parties to ensure that all torture acts are criminal offenses under domestic law. Although a single federal law does not specifically state torture as a crime, the United States asserts that current federal and state laws make acts that are the definition of torture under the Anti-Torture Convention illegal. In the United States, most criminal laws are states and not federal. There are laws that regulate torture in some states, but in each province there are laws stipulating violence against people (beatings, rape, etc), whether public officials or individuals. In addition, states often have certain laws that criminalize civil servants' actions, which constitute abuse of power, "public suppression" or illegal personal injury. The main federal law applicable to detainee torture is 18 USC.

• To comply with international treaty obligations for domestic law and torture, including "Torture Prevention Law", "Handling of Detainees" (DTA), "CAT Convention on Torture" (CAT), and "Geneva Convention" Articles instructing all US agencies, "International Covenant on Civil Rights" (ICCPR) and other applicable laws. (See Appendix A for an overview of these legal requirements.) Note issued by President Bush on February 7, 2002, as a "policy" rather than a law, the US forces humanitarian He stated that he should handle detainees and deal only with "appropriate and militarily necessary scope". This memorandum provides cruel treatment for 'militarily necessary' cases and exempts CIA's humanitarian handling standards