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Title Torture : does it make us safer? is it ever OK? : a human rights perspective / edited by Kenneth Roth and Minky Worden; Amy D. Bernstein, contributing editor.

Publication Info. New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, [2005]
©2005

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 Moore Stacks  HV8593 .T6623 2005    In Repair  ---
Description xiii, 218 pages ; 21 cm
Note "Published in conjunction with Human Rights Watch."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents A history of torture / James Ross -- Moral prohibition at a price / Michael Ignatieff -- Torture and terrorism : painful lessons from Israel / Eitan Felner -- Counterinsurgency and torture : exporting torture tactics from Indochina and Algeria to Latin America / Marie-Monique Robin -- Torture in Latin America / Juan E. Méndez -- Torture : a family affair / Héctor Timerman -- Torture spoken here : ending global torture / Minky Worden -- On negotiating with torturers / Nigel Rodley, interviewed by Amy D. Bernstein -- Sexual violence, torture, and international justice / Cherie Booth -- Treating torture victims / Mary R. Fabri -- Banned State Department practices / Tom Malinowski -- The road to Abu Ghraib : torture and impunity in U.S. detention / Reed Brody -- Respecting the Geneva Conventions / John McCain -- Command responsibility for torture / Dinah Pokempner -- Torture in U.S. prisons / Jamie Fellner -- Justifying torture / Kenneth Roth.
Subject Torture.
Torture.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Added Author Roth, Kenneth.
Worden, Minky.
Bernstein, Amy D.
Human Rights Watch (Organization)
ISBN 156584971X
1595580573 paperback
Standard No. 9781565849716