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Ethical arguments have arisen regarding torture, and its debated value to society. Despite worldwide condemnation and the existence of treaty provisions that forbid it, some countries still use it. The ethical assertion that torture is a tool is at question.

torture ethical worldwide

References

  1. "Terrorism and civil liberty: torture". The Economist. September 20, 2007. http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9832909. 
  2. Posner, Richard (September 2, 2002). "The Best Offense". The New Republic. http://www.tnr.com/article/the-best-offense. 
  3. Gardham, Duncan (October 28, 2011). "Torture is not wrong, it just doesn't work, says former interrogator". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/8833108/Torture-is-not-wrong-it-just-doesnt-work-says-former-interrogator.html. 
  4. Carle, Glenn L. (January 2, 2013). "Zero Dark Thirty – Torture Is the American Way?". Huffington Post. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-l-carle/zero-dark-thirty-torture_b_2395939.html. 
  5. Rothrock, John (January 12, 2005). "The Torture Myth". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2302-2005Jan11.html. 
  6. "Neuroscience:Torture Doesn't Work and Here's Why". Newsweek. 20 September 2009. https://www.newsweek.com/neurosciencetorture-doesnt-work-and-heres-why-79365. 
  7. Report of Conadep (National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons): Prologue – 1984
  8. Quoted in Dershowitz, A. M. (2002). Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge. London: Yale University Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-300-10153-8. https://archive.org/details/whyterrorismwork00ders/page/134. 
  9. Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin. "People matter more than holy books". http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/yasmin_alibhai_brown/article222735.ece.  |work=The Independent |date=23 May 2005}} Includes commentary on how some Americans have changed their attitudes to torture.
  10. "Mirko Bagaric". On Line Opinion. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/author.asp?id=3915. 
  11. Bagaric, Mirko; Clarke, Julie (2005). "Not Enough Official Torture in the World? The Circumstances in Which Torture Is Morally Justifiable". University of San Francisco Law Review 39 (3): 581–616. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20080209232527/http://www.usfca.edu/lawreview/Vol39number3.htm. 
  12. "Torture: the visible part of the iceberg". Voltaire Network (20 May 2005). http://www.voltairenet.org/article30349.html
  13. Bagaric, Mirko (1 June 2016). "Why we should close women's prisons and treat their crimes more fairly". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/01/why-we-should-close-womens-prisons-and-treat-their-crimes-more-fairly. 
  14. "Torture and the War on Terror: We Must Not Add Dirty Rules to Dirty Hands". AlbertMohler.com. http://www.albertmohler.com/commentary_read.php?cdate=2005-12-20. 
  15. Slackman, Michael (16 May 2004). "The World: A Dangerous Calculus; What's Wrong With Torturing a Qaeda Higher-Up?". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/weekinreview/16slac.html. 
  16. Drum, Kevin (10 May 2004). "Red Cross Report on Abu Ghraib". https://washingtonmonthly.com/2004/05/10/red-cross-report-on-abu-ghraib/. 
  17. Minchin, Liz. Make torture legal, say two academics. The Age, 17 May 2005 http://www.theage.com.au/news/War-on-Terror/Make-torture-legal/2005/05/16/1116095906016.html
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  19. Hensher, Philip (26 June 2007). "Hollywood is helping us learn to love torture". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article2710613.ece. .
  20. "Merkel: Guantanamo Mustn't Exist in Long Term". SPIEGEL International. Hamburg, Germany. 9 January 2006. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,394180,00.html. 
  21. Golden, Tim; van Natta Jr., Don (June 21, 2004). "The Reach of War; U.S. Said to Overstate Value Of Guantánamo Detainees". https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/world/the-reach-of-war-us-said-to-overstate-value-of-guantanamo-detainees.html. 
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