United States' Use of Torture in Counterterrorism and Global Security

ISBN-13: 9783659965531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 136 str.

PrinceWilliams Oguejiofor

Opis

The routinized and widespread use of torture by the US in the war against terrorism as well as the consistency of this torture utilization indicates that incidences of torture were not mere exceptions emanating from misguided individual behaviour, but an actual strategic element in the interrogations of detained terrorist suspects. This practice has had consequences on global security as well as adherence of states to international conventions and norms against torture. There are strong circumstantial evidences linking United States' use of torture in counterterrorism operations to the emergence of Islamic State (IS) and the conspiracy of silence among states in the face of the gross human rights abuse, which torture constitutes.

O autorze

Oguejiofor PrinceWilliams O. E. has M.Sc. degree in International Relations from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra, Nigeria. He has authored and co-authored Journal articles internationally. One of his most widely read works is entitled "The Interrelationships between Western Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Africa" published by OMICS.