This article criticizes the American Psychological Association, which refuses to prohibit members from taking part in or acting complicitly in torture. The author argues that psychologists must work in favor of humanity instead of destroying it.
Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1982, these core principles detail the integral role of healthcare personnel in preventing acts of torture.
Bilder and Vagts question the appropriate role and responsibility of U.S. government attorneys, especially in cases of international and U.S. foreign relations law in the “War on Terror.”
In authoring the torture memos, the OLC lawyers shaped a policy which legitimated previously illegitimate forms of interrogation and captive treatment. These lawyers could be criminally responsible for the resulting acts of torture
The legal advice to the President Bush after 9/11 reveals a troubling pattern of lawyers working to eliminate legal constraints on the President’s ability to wage war. A connection between this legal advice and detainee abuse must be recognized.
As a former employee in the Office of Legal Council (OLC), Shapiro defends the ethics of the OLC lawyers who prepared the 2002 torture memo, which stated that detainees in the “War on Terror” are not protected by the Geneva Conventions.
This article explores the relationship between law and medical ethics through detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay. Marks argues for an enforced ethics code to regulate the participation of health professionals in interrogation scenarios
This group of psychologists seeks to enhance the quality of human existence and protect the integrity of their science. PsySR’s “End Torture Action Committee” resists the acceptance of the worldwide use of torture.
Gillers responds to Jeffrey Shapiro’s article by arguing that the OLC had a responsibility to think of the implications of their work, and not only frame their findings in a purely legal sense.
Many doctors, nurses, and medics remain silent while prisoners are abused in the “War on Terror.” Some physicians and psychologists have also provided information to help determine what kind of mistreatment can be delivered to detainees during interrogation
