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So what we see is another effort to protect U.S. torturers in the past, U.S. torturers in the present, and U.S. torturers who might torture in the future. And what we have, in summary, is a president with feet of clay. PERIES: Michael, how does this kind of positioning compare with other states who are signatory to the convention? RATNER: No one in their right mind would assert that the Convention against Tortures prohibition dont apply outside their own country. It applies to any place where those countries have the ability and jurisdiction or a prison, etc. Its an unheard-of, really, interpretation of the treaty. Its the U.S. being exceptional in ways that I thought the U.S. have been exceptional for a long time, which is ignoring the fundamental precepts in human rights of international law.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:09:26 +0000

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