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Juan Mendez - the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture

Juan Mendez - the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture

The Interview vor 11 Jahren

Is torture ever justifiable?

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Sarah Montague talks to Juan Mendez, the United Nation's Special
Rapporteur on Torture. He was a human rights lawyer in Argentina
in the 70s when he was arrested, imprisoned and tortured.

He has said he owes his life to those in America who took a
principled stand against torture. But now Juan Mendez says the
world has become more accepting of cruelty and America has been
compromised by its own brutal treatment of prisoners. So is
torture ever morally justifiable?

(Photo: Juan Mendez. Credit: Getty Images)