Case Study - Treatment of Detainees

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1、CASESTUDY:TREATMENTOFDETAINEESTheNorthernIrelandCase(Irelandv.UnitedKingdom)INTERROGATIONvs.TORTURE(CaseStudy)IRAQ–ABUGHRAIBIRAQ–ABUGHRAIBIRAQ–ABUGHRAIBBACKGROUNDBetween1972and1976IrelandbroughtacaseagainsttheUnitedKingdom(UK)forallegedbreachesoftheEuropeanConventionfort

2、heprotectionofHumanRightsandFundamentalFreedoms,inparticularArticle3ofthatConvention,whichliketheICCPRandallotherregionalhumanrightsinstrumentsstates:Nooneshallbesubjectedtotortureortoinhumaneordegradingtreatmentorpunishment”.ThechargeswerethattheUKjointmilitary/policein

3、terrogationunitsystematicallyemployedtheso-called“fiveinterrogationtechniques”onpersonsdetainedinconnectionwiththeinternaltroublesinNorthernIreland.ThecasewasfirstheardbytheEuropeanCommissionofHumanRights(Commission)andthenwentontotheEuropeanCourtofHumanRights(ECHR).THEF

4、IVETECHNIQUES:1.Wallstanding:forcingthedetaineetoremainforperiodsofsomehoursinastressposition.Thepositionwasdescribedasbeingspread-eagledagainstthewall,withtheirfingersputhighabovetheheadagainstthewall,thelegsspreadapartandthefeetback,causingthemtostandontheirtoeswiththe

5、weightofthebodymainlyonthefingers;2.Hooding:puttingablackbagoverthedetainee’sheadsand,atleastinitially,keepingitthereatalltimesexceptduringinterrogation;3.Noise:holdingdetaineesawaitinginterrogationinaroomwheretherewasacontinuousloudhissingnoise(whitenoise);4.Sleepdepriv

6、ation:notallowingthedetaineestosleepbetweeninterrogations;5.Deprivationoffood&drink:allowingdetaineesonlyareduceddietduringtheirstayatthedetentioncentrependinginvestigation.DiscussionPoints:1.Doyouconsiderthefivetechniquesamounttotorture?2.Ifnot,dotheyamounttoinhumaneand

7、degradingtreatment?Torture(Definition):ConventionAgainstTorture&OtherCruel,InhumanorDegradingTreatmentorPunishment(1984):Anyactbywhichseverepainorsuffering,whetherphysicalormental,isintentionallyinflictedonapersonforsuchpurposesas:a.obtaininginformationoraconfession;b.p

8、unishinghim/her/3rdperson;c.tointimidateorcoerce;ord.foranyreasonbasedondiscriminationofanykind,Whereth