Thread: Torture memos
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:31 PM   #79
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And the second part of my post?
Cruel and degrading treatment is also prohibited under UNCAT.
Because it is often difficult to distinguish between cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and torture, the Committee regards Article 16's prohibition of such treatment as similarly absolute and non-derogable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ding_treatment

UNCAT text
We (Reagan) signed it, we (the US) should live by it.

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I have no explanation for that decision.
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