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U.N. torture envoy appeals again for visit to U.S. prisons
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Mar 8, 2016 12:56pm EST
U.N. torture envoy appeals again for visit to U.S. prisons
GENEVA | BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
The U.N. torture investigator urged the United States on Tuesday to allow his long-sought visit to all places of detention in the country and to reform the widespread use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement affecting tens of thousands.
Juan Mendez, the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, also urged the Obama administration to investigate and prosecute mistreatment and human rights violations suffered by security detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Any inmates transferred to other detention facilities as part of the planned closure of Guantanamo should be treated in line with international standards, he said.
"My request to visit the United States of America has been pending for five years over the terms of reference in order to obtain access to all places of detention," Mendez told the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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U.N. torture envoy appeals again for visit to U.S. prisons
GENEVA | BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
The U.N. torture investigator urged the United States on Tuesday to allow his long-sought visit to all places of detention in the country and to reform the widespread use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement affecting tens of thousands.
Juan Mendez, the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, also urged the Obama administration to investigate and prosecute mistreatment and human rights violations suffered by security detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Any inmates transferred to other detention facilities as part of the planned closure of Guantanamo should be treated in line with international standards, he said.
"My request to visit the United States of America has been pending for five years over the terms of reference in order to obtain access to all places of detention," Mendez told the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-rights-un-usa-torture-idUSKCN0WA2B8