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United States Submits First Report to the UN Committee Against Torture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 357 - 361
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

1 U.S. Dep’t of State, Initial Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee Against Torture, available in <http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/torture_index.html> [hereinafter Initial Report].

2 Adopted December 10,1984, SENATE TREATY DOC. No. 100-20 (1988), reprinted in 1465 UNTS 85,23ILM1027 (1984), as modified, 24 ILM 535 (1985) [hereinafter Convention Against Torture].

3 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dec. 10, 1984, Art. 19, para. 1, 1465 UNTS 85.

4 Initial Report, supra note 1, introduction.

5 Id., Annex I, para. 11(5).

6 Id.,pt. 1(A).

7 Id.

8 Id., pt. 1(B).

9 Id., introduction.

10 Id., pt.I(C).

11 18 U.S.C. §§2340, 2340A & 2340B (1994).

12 Initial Report, supra note 1, pt. I (C).

13 Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §1350 (1994).

14 28 U.S.C. §1350 note (1994).

15 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2401(b) & 2671-2680 (1994).

16 Initial Report, supra note 1, introduction.

17 Id., pt. 1(C).

18 Id., pt. 1(F).

19 Id., pt. 1(G).

20 Id., pt. II (discussing Arts. 1 & 2).

21 Id., pt. II (discussing Art. 3). The INS regulations may be found at 64 Fed. Reg. 8,478 (1999), as corrected by 64 Fed. Reg. 13,881 (1999), 8 C.F.R. pts. 3,103, 208, 235, 238, 240, 241, 253, & 507 (1999).

22 Initial Report, supra note 1, pt. II (discussing Art. 3). The Department of State regulations may be found at 22 C.F.R. pt. 95 (1999).

23 See <http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/index.html>.

24 Initial Report, supra note 1, pt. II (discussing Art. 10).

25 Id. (discussing Art. 13).

26 Id., Annex I, para. 1(1). The United States also filed an understanding that international law does not prohibit the death penalty and that the Convention does not restrict the United States from applying the death penalty consistent with U.S. constitutional guidelines. Id,., para. 11(4).

27 Id., pt. II (discussing Art. 16).

28 Id.

29 Id., Annex I, para. 11(1) (a).

30 Id., para. 11(b).

31 Id., para. 11(d).

32 Harold Hongju Koh, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and James E. Castello, Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on On-the-Record Briefing on the Initial Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee Against Torture (Oct. 15,1999), available in <http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/1999/991015_koh_rpt.torture.html>.