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Torture
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Abuse of Iraqi POWs by GIs Probed 
 This site is a companion to an April 2004 CBS 60 Minutes II report about allegations of U.S. soldiers torturing prisoners of war in Iraq. The site includes video clips and links to related stories. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/27/60II/main614063.shtml Topics: Crime, Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Amnesty International (AI)
Site of the organization that "works independently and impartially to promote respect for all the human rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." Features AI press releases, current campaigns, and a library containing an archive of reports, news releases, and "urgent actions" (requests to send letters on behalf of those in immediate danger). Documents are available in Spanish and French and are searchable by country, region, sub-region, and theme. http://www.amnesty.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, International Governments, Social Issues, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 10, 2003 The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)
The CVT's mission is "to heal the wounds of government-sponsored torture on individuals, their families, and communities and to stop its practice." The website has a directory of U.S. and worldwide organizations as well as news and background information on individual and organizational efforts toward stopping torture worldwide. http://www.cvt.org/index.php Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Text of this declaration that went into effect in 1987. Also includes an alphabetic list of ratifying nations, declarations and reservations, and information about the Committee against Torture, which was established to monitor the convention's implementation. From the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cat.htm Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Governments, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.), Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Aug 21, 2009 Memorandum Opinion for the Deputy Attorney General
This December 30, 2004, Department of Justice memo provides a new definition of torture updated since the Iraqi prison abuse scandal. The memo states that "severe" pain need not be limited to pain "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." http://www.justice.gov/olc/18usc23402340a2.htm Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 1, 2009 Music as Torture/Music as Weapon
2006 paper on "the systematic use of music as a weapon of war" by the American military. "After briefly tracing the development of acoustic weapons in the late 20th century, ... [the paper summarizes] what can be known about the theory and practice of using music to torture detainees in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo." Also provides analysis of related blog discussions. From Trans, the Transcultural Music Review, promoted by the Society for Ethnomusicology. http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/trans10/cusick_eng.htm Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties Last updated Jan 29, 2009 Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)
This organization's research and worldwide investigations include chemical weapons, landmines, torture, and war crimes. The site provides PHR's stand on these and other issues, with news archives and reports on abuses in several countries. In addition, there is information on starting a student chapter and links to other websites related to health and human rights, humanitarian aid, and medical associations. http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, Health, International Governments, Notable People, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Dec 23, 2006 Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record
"Unlike the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, issued annually by the [U.S.] State Department and covering 196 countries, ... [this document] highlights U.S. efforts to promote human rights and democracy in the 101 countries and entities with the worst human rights records, taking care to include those countries of concern for 'extrajudicial killings, torture and other serious violations of human rights.'" http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/shrd/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 6, 2006 Torture, American Style
"A series of articles that seek to broaden the discussion of the use of torture as an instrument of U.S. policy." It contains articles about the normalization of torture in American prisons, torture in Nicaragua, the tiger cages in Con Son, Vietnam, and torture at Guantánamo Prison and Abu Ghraib. Produced by Historians Against the War. http://www.historiansagainstwar.org/resources/torture/ Topics: War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 6, 2006 The Torture Playlist
This portion of a special feature on U.S. torture discusses how "[m]usic has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, 'prolong capture shock,' disorient detainees during interrogations -- and also drown out screams." Provides list and sound clips of "some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose" to use at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. From the website for Mother Jones magazine. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/02/torture-playlist Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties Last updated Sep 22, 2009 The Torture Question
This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program "traces the history of how decisions made in Washington in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11 ... led to a robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Iraq." Features opinion from legal experts about whether torture is ever justified, analysis of treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, a video tour of U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, photos, and more. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 2, 2005 World Organisation Against Torture
This group "is the world's largest coalition of non-governmental organizations fighting against arbitrary detention, torture, summary and extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and other forms of violence. Its global network comprises nearly 300 local, national and regional organizations." The site features descriptions of programs and activities, reports on topics such as violence against women, and links to related information. Some material in French and Spanish. Searchable. http://www.omct.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Women Last updated Dec 23, 2006 |
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