Download Benjamin G. Davis (formerly of Advocates for US Torture

Benjamin G. Davis (formerly of Advocates for US Torture Prosecutions) Assessment of the Action of the State party (government) on the
Recommendations made by the Committee
Recommendation by The Committee calls upon the State party to take immediate and effective measures to (c): Investigate allegations of detainee abuse, including
torture and ill treatment, appropriately prosecute those responsible, and ensure effective redress for victims;
the Committee
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State party
Criminal prosecution of high-level civilians or military generals for the 54 country torture regime put in place by the United States in
the War on Terror has not occurred and it remains doubtful it will ever occur. The architects of the torture regime at the highest levels
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of the US government up to the President of the United States remain at large and proceed with impunity about their actions. Neither
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the courts nor the legislative branches of the American government provide any hope that accountability or redress is possible in the
American system for the torture of the War on Terror.
Torture continues to be normalized in the political, media and social environment of the United States. This undermines the
Impact of the Action effectiveness of the Convention Against Torture inside the United States. The impunity extends to the other 53 countries involved in
of the State party (if the American torture regime which has undermined the Convention worldwide and with impunity. As noted in a very recent case –
Meshal v. Higgenbotham at the US Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, torture of an American also is now permissible
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without redress.
Since January 2004 as an ordinary citizen I have endeavored to have the principal protagonists of the American torture regime
prosecuted in United States courts for their crimes. Up until today, there have been reports written of various qualities, but there have
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been no prosecutions of the torturers. This lack of accountability is a blight on the United States. This non-compliance by the United
States undermines the Convention worldwide.
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