European nations may investigate Bush officials
Washington Post
04/21/09
European prosecutors are likely to investigate CIA and Bush administration officials on suspicion of violating an international ban on torture if they are not held legally accountable at home, according to U.N. officials and human rights lawyers. … Some European countries, under a legal principle known as universal jurisdiction, have adopted laws giving themselves the authority to investigate torture, genocide and other human rights crimes anywhere in the world, even if their citizens are not involved. Although it is rare for prosecutors to win such cases, those targeted can face arrest if they travel abroad...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
04/21/09
European prosecutors are likely to investigate CIA and Bush administration officials on suspicion of violating an international ban on torture if they are not held legally accountable at home, according to U.N. officials and human rights lawyers. … Some European countries, under a legal principle known as universal jurisdiction, have adopted laws giving themselves the authority to investigate torture, genocide and other human rights crimes anywhere in the world, even if their citizens are not involved. Although it is rare for prosecutors to win such cases, those targeted can face arrest if they travel abroad...
http://tinyurl.com/cnvqfo
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
rudkla - 22. Apr, 11:25
