{"vid":"65433","uid":"1648","title":"UN shadow report: Prisoner testimonies of torture in U.S. prisons and jails","log":"","status":"1","comment":"1","promote":"0","sticky":"0","vuuid":"634fb0dd-d9bb-4bd2-ae44-a64a6092965d","nid":"11679","type":"document","language":"und","created":"1413908893","changed":"1654005288","tnid":"0","translate":"0","uuid":"95f22cf8-6a24-436c-84b5-431f5d57989c","revision_timestamp":"1654005288","revision_uid":"10252","taxonomy_vocabulary_4":{"und":[{"tid":"758"}]},"taxonomyextra":[],"body":{"und":[{"value":"<p>In November 2014, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/HRBodies\/CAT\/Pages\/CATIntro.aspx\">UN Committee Against Torture<\/a>&nbsp;reviewed the United States’ compliance with provisions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/CAT.aspx\">the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment<\/a> (“CAT”). The Committee consists of independent experts that monitor and evaluate States Parties’ implementation of the Convention on a regular basis. The U.S. has been legally bound by the terms of the Convention since its ratification in 1994. The last time the U.S. was reviewed by the Committee was in 2006.<\/p><p>The American Friends Service Committee submitted a “shadow report” to the Committee outlining inhumane conditions in prisons and jails that call into question U.S. implementation of its commitments under CAT. <em>Survivors Speak<\/em> is a collection of testimonies of prisoners subjected to cruel treatment or who have witnessed abuses committed against others while held in U.S. custody. Violations of human rights include inadequate health care and medical treatment, placement in solitary confinement, sexual and physical abuse, psychological abuse, and unsanitary housing.<\/p><p>AFSC is proud to serve on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ushrnetwork.org\/about-us\">US Human Rights Network Convention Against Torture Taskforce<\/a>, through which we advocate before the UN, help civil society engage in the review process and ensure that CAT is implemented in local communities.&nbsp;<\/p>","summary":"<p><em>Survivors Speak<\/em> is a collection of testimonies of prisoners subjected to cruel treatment or who have witnessed abuses committed against others while held in U.S. custody. 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The last time the U.S. was reviewed by the Committee was in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The American Friends Service Committee submitted a “shadow report” to the Committee outlining inhumane conditions in prisons and jails that call into question U.S. implementation of its commitments under CAT. <em>Survivors Speak<\/em> is a collection of testimonies of prisoners subjected to cruel treatment or who have witnessed abuses committed against others while held in U.S. custody. Violations of human rights include inadequate health care and medical treatment, placement in solitary confinement, sexual and physical abuse, psychological abuse, and unsanitary housing.<\/p>\n<p>AFSC is proud to serve on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ushrnetwork.org\/about-us\">US Human Rights Network Convention Against Torture Taskforce<\/a>, through which we advocate before the UN, help civil society engage in the review process and ensure that CAT is implemented in local communities. <\/p>\n","safe_summary":"<p><em>Survivors Speak<\/em> is a collection of testimonies of prisoners subjected to cruel treatment or who have witnessed abuses committed against others while held in U.S. custody. 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