References for "Torture"
Your Choice: Yes
Amnesty International, USA, Torture: Human Rights Concerns, http://www.amnestyusa.org/stoptorture/summary.do.
Israel Ministry of Justice, "Israel's Interrogation Policies and Practices," prepared by Tamar Gaulan, December, 1, 1996, http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/government/law/legal issues and rulings/israel-s interrogation policies and practices - de.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Supreme Court Judgment Regarding the Legality of the GSS' Interrogation Methods," September 6, 1999, http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Law/Legal+Issues+and+Rulings/Supreme+Court+Judgment+Concerning+the+Legality+of.htm.
Dahlia Lithwick, "Tortured Justice," Slate.com, October 24, 2001, http://slate.msn.com/id/2057099/.
"Dershowitz: Torture Could Be Justified," interview with Alan Dershowitz, CNN.com, March 24, 2004, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/03/cnna.Dershowitz/.
Alan M. Dershowitz, "Want to Torture? Get a Warrant," San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2002, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/22/ED5329.DTL.
"Dershowitz: Torture Could Be Justified," interview with Alan Dershowitz, CNN.com, March 24, 2004, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/03/cnna.Dershowitz/.
Alan M. Dershowitz, "Rules of War Enable Terror," JewishWorld.com, June 6, 2004, http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeast/Rules_of_War_Enable_Terror.asp.
The Counterargument: Yes
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment. Geneva: UNHCR, 1984. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm.
Darius Rejali, "Does Torture Work?" Salon.com, June 21, 2004, www.salon.com.
Amnesty International, "Our Statement Against Torture and Ill Treatment and Our Demands," http://web.amnesty.org/pages/stoptorture-260605-statement-eng.
Audrey Gillan, Guardian Unlimited, "Torture testimony 'acceptable'," July 22, 2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1003352,00.html.
"Dershowitz: Torture Could Be Justified," interview with Alan Dershowitz, CNN.com, March 24, 2004, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/03/cnna.Dershowitz/.
Your Choice: No
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment. Geneva: UNHCR, 1984, http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm.
Amnesty International, "Our Statement Against Torture and Ill Treatment and Our Demands," http://web.amnesty.org/pages/stoptorture-260605-statement-eng.
"Dershowitz: Torture Could Be Justified," interview with Alan Dershowitz, CNN.com, March 24, 2004, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/03/cnna.Dershowitz/.
Audrey Gillan, Guardian Unlimited, "Torture testimony 'acceptable'," July 22, 2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1003352,00.html.
Amnesty International, USA, Torture: Human Rights Concerns, http://www.amnestyusa.org/stoptorture/summary.do.
The Counterargument: No
Dahlia Lithwick, "Tortured Justice," Slate.com, October 24, 2001, http://slate.msn.com/id/2057099/.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Supreme Court Judgment Regarding the Legality of the GSS' Interrogation Methods," September 6, 1999, http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Law/Legal+Issues+and+Rulings/Supreme+Court+Judgment+Concerning+the+Legality+of.htm.
Office of the Law Revision Council, U. S. House of Representatives, Title 18, USC 2840 (1). Office of Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Council, "Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President," August 1, 2002, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/dojinterrogationmemo20020801.pdf (PDF).
"Dershowitz: Torture Could Be Justified," interview with Alan Dershowitz, CNN.com, March 24, 2004, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/03/cnna.Dershowitz/.
Alan M. Dershowitz, "Want to Torture? Get a Warrant," San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2002, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/22/ED5329.DTL.
"Dershowitz: Torture Could Be Justified," interview with Alan Dershowitz, CNN.com, March 24, 2004, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/03/cnna.Dershowitz/.
Alan M. Dershowitz, "Rules of War Enable Terror," JewishWorld.com, June 6, 2004, http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeast/Rules_of_War_Enable_Terror.asp.
Timeline of Torture
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 US 436 (1966), http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=384&page=436.