Torture : does it make us safer? is it ever OK? : a human rights perspective

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Author:

Roth, Kenneth.

ISBN:

9781565849716

9781595580573

Publication Information:

New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, c2005.

Physical Description:

xiii, 218 p. ; 21 cm.

General Note:

"Published in conjunction with Human Rights Watch."

Contents:

Introduction / Kenneth Roth -- 1. A history of torture / James Ross -- 2. Moral prohibition at a price / Michael Ignatieff -- 3. Torture and terrorism : painful lessons from Israel / Eitan Felner -- 4. Counterinsurgency and torture : exporting torture tactics from Indochina and Algeria to Lain America / Marie-Monique Robin -- 5. Torture in Latin America / Juan E. Mendez -- 6. Torture : a family affair / Hector Timerman -- 7. Torture spoken here : ending global torture / Minky Worden -- 8. On negotiating with torturers / Nigel Rodley and Amy D. Bernstein -- 9. Sexual violence, torture, and international justice / Cherie Booth --

10. Treating torture victims / Mary R. Fabri -- 11. Banned State Department practices / Tom Malinowski -- 12. The road to Abu Ghraib : torture and impunity in U.S. detention / Reed Brody -- 13. Respecting the Geneva Conventions / John McCain -- 14. Command responsibility for torture / Dinah Pokempner -- 15. Torture in U.S. prisons / Jamie Fellner.16. Justifying torture / Kenneth Roth.

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Summary

Of all the issues on the human rights agenda, torture offered Americans the moral high ground . . . until this year. With the abuses at Abu Ghraib that led to accusations of torture within the domestic criminal justice system, the question of cruel and unusual treatment has taken on new urgency in the United States and elsewhere.

In Torture , twelve newly written essays by leading thinkers and experts range over history and continents, offering a nuanced, up-to-the-minute exploration of this wrenching but timely topic, including, among others, Reed Brody on the road to Abu Ghraib and "ghost detainees"; Eitan Felner on the Israeli experience; Tom Malinowski on violations of State Department "forbidden practices" at Abu Ghraib and in Afghanistan; Kenneth Roth on the U.S. government's shift from cover-up to justification; and Minky Worden on a global survey of torturing countries.

Intended for a general audience, some of the key questions addressed include how to define torture, whether torture is ever effective, and whether it is ever acceptable.