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Prohibition of torture in the case of Guantanamo Bay Name Course Date Inflicting physical and emotional pain deliberately is referred to as torture.... For example, there has been a lot of evidence through videos leaked through the internet and other forms of media that implicate the United States of America condoning torture in Guantanamo bay.... Lesser Ethics in Relation to Torture and the Geneva Conventions terrorism has brought about a new debate not only in the United States of America, but in the whole world as well....
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This essay "terrorism and Torture" raises the question under what conditions is it morally permissible to torture a suspected terrorist.... uriously, terrorism and anti-terrorism in our times aim at the one and same thing: the destruction of the enemy more than victory over him.... The re-emergence of torture has become a visible fact as forms of policy and state acts legitimizing torture have become the highly controversial component of the present idea of just war....
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The war on terror is indeed a prerogative for the global community, particularly due to terrorism's individual as well as collective costs to human beings and systems of life around the world.... In that reservists have often argued that the war on terror should be tampered with respect for human rights as well as the rule of law respectively, through the establishment of counter-terrorism strategies that both protect and promote human rights and the rule of law (Palti, 2005, p....
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Furthermore, the writer will attempt to rationalize the use of torture in terrorism prevention and discuss related ethical and social issues.... Curiously, terrorism and anti-terrorism in our times aim at the one and same thing: the destruction of the enemy more than victory over him.... The re-emergence of torture has become a visible fact as forms of policy and state acts legitimizing torture have become the highly controversial component of the present idea of just war against the so-called forces of darkness and destruction....
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The paper "Should the US Use Torture and Enhanced Interrogation Techniques in its war on terrorism" highlights that adopting effective anti-terrorist enhanced interrogation techniques is essential for a nation like the United States to prevent global terrorism and ensure security.... Bush administration in the United States for US military intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to take out information from persons and organizations in its war on terrorism....
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The main focus of the paper "Prohibition of torture in the case of Guantanamo Bay" is on lesser ethics in relation to torture and the Geneva Conventions and on answering such questions like "What is the Guantanamo Bay Detention camp?... terrorism has brought about a new debate not only in the United States of America but in the whole world as well.... This is because the Geneva Convention prohibits torture of any soldier, detainee, civilian and prisoners of war....
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The Global war on terrorism, in an effort to find the masterminds of the attack and to prevent any such recurrence, bombed Afghanistan in 2001 to destroy Al Qaeda clusters considered to be behind the 9/11 events and Iraq in 2003 on assumption that the latter had amassed weapons of mass destruction (United Nations, 2002).... In particular, President Bush declared United States' war on Terror that was not only targeted against terrorists within the country but was also aimed at weeding out terrorist outfits across the world....
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This essay "War, terrorism, Torture, the Environment, and International Justice" discusses the relation between the states and their citizens that seems to be interdependent with one another.... Without its citizens, a state would not be capable of the laws, laws for which denounce as well as praise.... The government of a country is usually tasked with the duty of making laws that will govern its citizens.... issimilar models of the accurate relationship that exists between the state and its citizens seem to be embodied in various different regimes that exist and these tend to legitimize the models based on the most preferred political ideology....
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