From: "Gary Britt" 

They all have in common that they are fully qualified to serve on the UN
Human Rights committees.  So obviously they don't do anything bad that
would qualify as torture.

Gary

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:4398be9c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Phil Payne wrote:
> >>>There is another note that specifically says CAT doesn't
apply accept
to
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>extent it is made applicable by legislation enacted by Congress.
> >>>
> >>
> >>It applies wether or not the US has signed it unless both the
> >>perpetrators & the victims are US citizens.
> >>
> >>If the victim is say italian or german then it applies.
> >
> >
> > It also explicitly applies no matter who the victim is if they are
shipped
> > to a known or suspected infringing country.
> >
> & what do Egypt, Syria, Libya & Uzbekistan all have in common....
>
> Hmmm....
>
> The Euro pols are doing what pols do best & are running for cover....coz
> as these people come home...they have a duty to start issuing warrants....
>
> CAT's been breached, everyone accepts that...the question is how far can
> the pols keep it in the pol domain vs it entering the "independant"
> judicial domain.
>
> Coz if it gets there...well no (euro) pol is going to stand up against
> the CAT as that would be pol suicide.
>
> Adam

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