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04888aam a2200529 a 4500 001 858884FA033A11E8972C924897128E48 003 SILO 005 20180127021036 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 110726t20112011nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781564327895 020 $a 1564327892 035 $a (OCoLC)742775788 040 $a NTE $b eng $c NTE $d CGU $d IaU-L $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 110 2 $a Human Rights Watch (Organization) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88622031 245 10 $a Getting away with torture : $b the Bush Administration and mistreatment of detainees / $c Human Rights Watch. 246 14 $a United States : $b getting away with torture 246 30 $a Bush Administration and mistreatment of detainees 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Human Rights Watch, $c [2011] 300 $a 102 pages ; $c 27 cm 500 $a "July 2011"--table of contents p. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Summary -- Recommendations -- Background: official sanction for crimes against detainees -- Torture of detainees in US counterterrorism operations -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Appendix: foreign state proceedings regarding US detainee mistreatment -- Acknowledgments and methodology. 520 $a "An overwhelming amount of evidence now publically available indicates that senior US officials were involved in planning and authorizing abusive detention and interrogation practices amounting to torture following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Despite its obligation under both US and international law to prevent, investigate, and prosecute torture and other ill-treatment, the US government has still not properly investigated these allegations. Failure to investigate the potential criminal liability of these US officials has undermined US credibility internationally when it comes to promoting human rights and the rule of law. This report combines past Human Rights Watch reporting with more recently available information. The report analyzes this information in the context of US and international law, and concludes that considerable evidence exists to warrant criminal investigations against four senior US officials: former President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and CIA Director George Tenet. Human Rights Watch calls for criminal investigations into their roles, and those of lawyers involved in the Justice Department memos authorizing unlawful treatment of detainees. In the absence of US action, it urges other governments to exercise 'universal jurisdiction' to prosecute US officials. It also calls for an independent nonpartisan commission to examine the role of the executive and other branches of government to ensure these practices do not occur again, and for the US to comply with obligations under the Convention against Torture to ensure that victims of torture receive fair and adequate compensation"--P. 4 cover. 530 $a Also available online. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79099301 650 0 $a Torture $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116159 650 0 $a Torture $x Government policy $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116160 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $x Abuse of $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007008010 650 0 $a Unlawful combatants $x Abuse of $z United States. 650 0 $a War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 $x Moral and ethical aspects. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118208 650 0 $a Human rights $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105886 650 0 $a Military interrogation $z United States. 650 0 $a Detention of persons $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009123263 650 0 $a Combatants and noncombatants (International law) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028799 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2001-2009. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071 650 0 $a Abuse of administrative power $z United States. 600 10 $a Bush, George W. $q (George Walker), $d 1946- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95049848 600 10 $a Cheney, Richard B. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83065479 600 10 $a Rumsfeld, Donald, $d 1932- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93082884 600 10 $a Tenet, George, $d 1953- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95059425 700 1 $a Brody, Reed, $d 1953- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85120199 856 41 $3 Full text $u http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/07/12/getting-away-torture-0 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019013629.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=858884FA033A11E8972C924897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search