Torture : A Human Rights Perspective
Roth, Kenneth; Worden, Minky; Bernstein, Amy (Eds.)
Language: English
Published by The New Press, 2005
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- Title
- Torture : A Human Rights Perspective
- Author
- Roth, Kenneth; Worden, Minky; Bernstein, Amy (Eds.)
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 156584971X
- ISBN 13
- 9781565849716
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Crime, Politics, Government, Current Affairs
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.
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About the Author
Minky Worden is director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch. She is a co-editor (with Kenneth Roth) of Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever OK?: A Human Rights Perspective (The New Press).
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