American Bar Association Resolution re: Independent Human Rights Monitors for all Non-U.S. Detainees Held in U. S. Custody

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American Bar Association Resolution re: Independent Human Rights Monitors for all Non-U.S. Detainees Held in U. S. Custody. The resolution recommends that the U.S. ensure access by the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, and independent Human Rights organizations monitor the detainees in U.S. custody, and urges the U.S. govt to report its interrogations techniques in detail.

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Saturday, April 26, 2003
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https://www.thetorturedatabase.org/node/6249
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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
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DRAFT 4/26/03
UNCLASSIFIED
NOT FOR FURTHER CIRCULATION
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONN

133X
SECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
RELEASED IN FULL
RECOMMENDATION
1 RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the United States government to
2 ensure access by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the U.N. Special
33Rapporteur on Torture, and independent human rights monitors to all [non-U.S.]
43detainees held in U. S. custody;
5
6 FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Association urges the government to report in detail
7 [to the U.N. Committee Against Torture], consistent with requirements of the Convention
8 Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, on
93the techniques that the government is using in its interrogations;

10 11 FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Association urges the United States government to 123ensure that persons acting on its behalf do not engage in interrogation techniques that 133constitute torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; and 14 15 FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Association urges the United States not to transfer 16 persons whom it has detained to countries where there is a substantial likelihood that 17 those persons would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: WILLIAM J GEHRON
DATE/CASE ID: 29 NOV 2004 200303827 UNCLASSIFIED3DOS-001320

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