Torture-free cyberspace – a human right

Torture and the Human Mind

iction of severe physical and emotional distress as a means of extracting information from detainees, the situation must be grave and the need for intelligence extreme. Whether understood as “enhanced interrogation” or “torture,” the process requires stepping outside the bounds of normal interrogation conduct. Evaluating the effi cacy of enhanced interrogation techniques (EIT), therefore, is vi...

Human dignity, humiliation, and torture.

Modern human rights instruments ground human rights in the concept of human dignity, without providing an underlying theory of human dignity. This paper examines the central importance of human dignity, understood as not humiliating people, in traditional Jewish ethics. It employs this conception of human dignity to examine and criticize U.S. use of humiliation tactics and torture in the interr...

The right to reparations for acts of torture: what right, what remedies?

embryonic screening as a european human right

the european court lifted the italian ban on pre-implantation diagnostics (pgd). as such the court accepted pgd as a generally accepted means for medically assisted procreation, which may have consequences for other member states prohibiting pgd.

Applying Human Factors Research Towards Cyberspace Operations: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Cyberspace operations are dependent upon highly sophisticated technology. Unfortunately, it is challenging to find or develop solutions that successfully support critical processes and decisions. Innovation, and the resources associated with innovation, appear to focus primarily on the technology with little emphasis on the human factors associated with employment, training, and sustainment of ...