... , diplomatic immunity, and the link between international humanitarian law and human rights law. In the 1984 International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment tightened the machinery of enforcement for violators. The lords unanimously agreed that there was a strict prohibition of torture in international law. The issue at hand was not whether ... all circumstances is illegal and unjustified. Universal jurisdiction claims that, "whereby for certain condemnable acts considered crimes against nations, all states have "universal jurisdicti...

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