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If you type 'torture' in the search box you will find numerous resources
Combating Torture
A Manual for Judges and Prosecutors by Conor Foley
Definition of torture: expert evidence booklet (PDF)
From the association for the prevention of tortore
Police Threat Fuels Debate on Torture
Deutsche Welle, Feb. 24, 2003
Stop Torture
Amnesty USA
Ticking Bombs and Torture Warrants (PDF)
Article by John Kleinig in the Deakin Law Review, 2006.
The Unspeakable: to get the truth, is torture or coercion ever justified
Vicki Haddock, San Francisco Chronical, Nov. 18, 2001
Ticking Bombs and Torture Warrants (PDF Format)
Article b y John Kleinig (2005) 10 Deakin Law Review
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August, 1949: entry into force 21 October 1950. From the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
Signed at Geneva, 12 August 1949.
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August, 1949: entry into force 21 October 1950. From the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August, 1949: entry into force 21 October 1950. From the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August, 1949: entry into force 21 October 1950. From the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1)
Adopted on 8 June 1977 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armned Conflicts: entry into force 7 December 1979, in accordance with Article 95. From the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
Adopted on 8 June 1977 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts: entry into force 7 December 1978, in accordance with Article 23. From the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948 entry into force 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII. From the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
