From: "Gary Britt" 

You can't say delivering somebody to a country like Syria would be a
violation because Syria couldn't torture anyone and still be on UN
committee for human rights.  That's what.

Gary

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:43994fc1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Gary Britt wrote:
> > Well that couldn't include any State at all, because as we all know
Syria
> > served on the Human Rights committee for the UN.  So if Syria's torture
> > methods and policies pass muster at the UN, what State wouldn't pass
muster?
> >
>
> What does that have to do with the blatant violantions of the CAT
> carried out as policy by this US administration thus tarring the US a s
> place of secret police, secret prisons & torture?
>
> Adam
>
> > Gary
> >
> > "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote
in
> > message news:4398b6d1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >>Phil Payne wrote:
> >>
> >>even more humorously (& what may well have also been
raised as a threat
> >>to condi):
> >>
> >>"
> >>Article 3
> >>
> >>     1. No State Party shall expel, return
("refouler") or extradite a
> >>person to another State where there are substantial grounds for
> >>believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
> >>
> >>     2. For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds,
> >>the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant
> >>considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State
> >>concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations
> >>of human rights. "
> >>
> >>Adam
> >
> >
> >

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