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Committee Against Torture
United Nations committee
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Abu Ghraib prison
- In Abu Ghraib prison
The UN Committee against Torture later declared many of these methods to be in violation of international law.
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torture
- In torture: International response
…against Torture also established a Committee against Torture, which is composed of 10 independent experts who review reports submitted by state parties to the convention, initiate inquiries into apparent systematic practices of torture, and, if states explicitly agree, examine individual complaints of torture. Except for the power to initiate inquiries,…
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