UN report on US human rights practices [UN HRC]

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UN report on US human rights practices [UN HRC]

July 28, 2006 11:05:00 pm

Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 40 of the Covenant, UN Human Rights Committee, July 28, 2006 [finding among other things that to comply with its obligations under the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights that the US needs to close all alleged secret detention facilities and allow the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all detainees held at the alleged prisons]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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