Previously secret military files reveal links between the use of torture by British forces in Oman and Northern Ireland during the 1970s.
Previously secret military files reveal links between the use of torture by British forces in Oman and Northern Ireland during the 1970s.
Laws literally define what torture is. How could it be enforced otherwise? How could they create coercive techniques that avoided it being torture?
no, the word torture has a meaning independent of the laws of the day. it’s been fairly stable for a long time.
also, why do they need to create “coercive techniques” (methods of torture)?