Amos N. Guiora
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195340310
- eISBN:
- 9780199867226
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340310.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Constitutional and Administrative Law
Defining limits of coercive interrogation is put to the test when an interrogator is sitting across from someone who is not cooperating and the interrogator knows is in possession of information ...
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Defining limits of coercive interrogation is put to the test when an interrogator is sitting across from someone who is not cooperating and the interrogator knows is in possession of information purported to be urgent. It is exactly at that moment that the previously established lawful limits of interrogation must be implemented, no matter the circumstance. Otherwise, excess will be permitted, encouraged, and will inevitably occur. This chapter is divided into three subsections: 1) definitions of torture; 2) an analysis of interrogation methods based on an Israeli High Court of Justice holding, Ireland v. United Kingdom, and a 1984 Israeli Commission of Inquiry; and 3) an analysis of functional torture and sadistic torture.Less
Defining limits of coercive interrogation is put to the test when an interrogator is sitting across from someone who is not cooperating and the interrogator knows is in possession of information purported to be urgent. It is exactly at that moment that the previously established lawful limits of interrogation must be implemented, no matter the circumstance. Otherwise, excess will be permitted, encouraged, and will inevitably occur. This chapter is divided into three subsections: 1) definitions of torture; 2) an analysis of interrogation methods based on an Israeli High Court of Justice holding, Ireland v. United Kingdom, and a 1984 Israeli Commission of Inquiry; and 3) an analysis of functional torture and sadistic torture.
