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LEARN MORE Read information and official documents related to Abu Ghraib; US and international standards against torture; and the ethics of torture. Timeline of events US Military and Government Reports Legal Memos The Chain of Command Views from around the world US and International Standards Against Torture Amnesty USA Summary (word document) United States Bill of Rights (1789), Amendment 8 Society of Professional Journalists A reference guide to the Geneva Conventions. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War UN Convention Against Torture Related documents McCain Amendment Amendment No. 1977 HR 2863, the Defense Appropriations Bill of 2006 introduced by Senator John McCain. Ethics The Ethics of Torture A list of internet resources and books on the ethics of torture. Carnegie Council Promoting ethical leadership on issues of war, peace and global social justice. American Psychological Association Psychology of the Iraqi Prisoner Abuse - a discussion Milgram experiment GET INVOLVED AND TAKE ACTION Learn more about anti-torture initiatives and what you can do. Toture Awareness Month Find representatives and learn about legislative initiatives. Register to Vote Public Citizen A national non-profit public interest organization protecting health, safety, the environment and democracy. The Library of Congress Provides access to legislative information -- bills and resolutions; congressional records; activity in congress; and government resources. Organizations dedicated to defending human rights and denouncing torture. Amnesty International Human Rights Watch Human Rights First American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National Religious Campaign Against Torture Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) SPEAK OUT / START A DISCUSSION Learn about organizations dedicated to promoting civic responsibility, tolerance, and social action in education. Find curriculum guides addressing Abu Ghraib and torture policy. Teaching Tolerance Educators for Social Responsibility Curriculum US News Classroom - Teacher's Guide Inside the Iraq Prison Scandal. Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility Torture and war crimes - High School and College. A discussion about psychology and the Iraqi prisoner abuse Related books The Ethics of Torture A list of internet resources and books on the ethics of torture Philip Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil Seymour M. Hersh, Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Alfred McCoy, The Question of Torture Torture: A Collection, edited by Sanford Levinson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 John Conroy, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000). Torture: Does it Make us Safer? Is it Ever OK? A Human Rights Perspective, edited by Kenneth Roth and Minky Worden (New York: The New Press, 2005) The Torture Debate in America, edited by Karen J. Greenberg (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib, edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel , Introduction by Anthony Lewis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) Mark Danner, Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror (New York: New York Review Books, 2004) Sussman, David, 2005, "What's Wrong with Torture?", Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 33, pp. 1-33. Waldron, Jeremy, 2005, "Torture and Positive Law: Jurisprudence for the White House," Columbia Law Review, Vol. 105, No. 6, pp. 1681-1750. Allhoff, Fritz, 2003, "Terrorism and Torture," International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 105-18. Davis, Michael, 2005, "The Moral Justification of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment," International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 161-78. Dershowitz, Alan M., 2003, Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge, Yale University Press; New Ed edition (September 1, 2003) Seamus Miller, "Torture," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/torture/). . |
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