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Reports and Resources on Torture
Below you will find links to current information and reports on torture as well as links to international and domestic legislation that prohibits torture.

Brief History of the U.S. Position on Torture

Reports on Abuse:

February 2004 International Committee of the Red Cross Report on Detainees in Iraq (PDF 1.28 MB)

March 2004 Taguba Report (PDF 223 KB)

June 2004 "The Road to Abu Ghraib" Human Rights Watch Report (PDF 295 KB)

July 2004 Army Inspector General Report (PDF 2.3 MB)

August 2004 Fay/Jones Report (PDF 911 KB)

August 2004 Schlesinger Report (PDF 5.8 MB)

U.S. Government torture memos.

April 2006 "By the Numbers: Findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project" Human Rights Watch Report (PDF 246 KB)

8 May 2006 Second Periodic Report of the United States of America to the Committee Against Torture (PDF)

18 May 2006 United Nations Committee Against Torture Report (PDF 130 KB)

Prohibition Against Torture:

Summary of U.S. and international law

The Geneva Conventions

The Convention Against Torture

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

McCain's Statement on Detainee Amendments

Text of the McCain Amendment

Text of the Military Commission Act of 2006