Amerykańska praktyka stosowania torutur na przykładzie zatrzymanych w Guantanamo
American practice of torture and the example of the Guantanamo Bay detainees
Author(s): Agnieszka SzpakSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Guantanamo Bay; practice of torture
Summary/Abstract: This article presents normative state of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment taking into account American legal obligations. What is relevant in the article is a debate that took place after the September 11 th attacks on the possibility of legalizing or justifying torture. In the light of the legal state the author analyzes Americanpractice of torture taking the example of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Journal: Toruńskie Studia Międzynarodowe
- Issue Year: 1/2009
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 109-132
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Polish