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Violating International Treaties
The United States stands in clear violation of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners as well as the UN Convention Against Torture. Did the United States sign these treaties? Yes, the United States has signed and ratified each of the four Geneva Conventions, the last of which was ratified in 1955 , as well as the UN Convention Against Torture, ratified in 1994.
• Geneva Convention Relative to Treatment of Prisoners of War,
Article 17: No physical or mental torture, nor any other form
of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from
them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who
refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to
any unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind.
• Convention Against Torture, Article 2: No exceptional
circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat
of war, internal political in stability or any other public
emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.
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Department of Defence Report
Findlaw
Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DOD Detention Operations, the "Schlesinger Report."
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Fay Report
Findlaw
Reports by LTG Anthony R. Jones and MG George R. Fay on abuse at Abu Ghraib.
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Penalty for torturing a prisoner
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uscode.house.gov
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