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Legalizing Torture in Terror Interrogations: A Solution to Fight Terrorism or to Create more Terrorism?
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS).
2010 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The aim of this master thesis is to discus the argument that in the favor of legalizing torture in the case of terror suspects and detainees. My research question here is: if we will put torture against terror suspects in a legal framework will that help us to fight terrorism or it will creates more instability in the world and result in more terror acts ? I will view the history of torture and the development towards torture prevention. I used the moral theory and also the writings of Dr.Norman Finkelstein to argue against legalizing torture. I will use the Abu Ghraib prison case in Iraq as a study case. The thesis will be in three chapters. In the conclusions I will demonstrate and prove that the use of torture under any circumstances is against morality and against international human rights law. The use of torture as a tool to fight terrorism is not the solution but it will lead to more chaos and hate in the world, innocent torture victims can be easily used after their release by terror and radical groups, authorizing a law that allows torture will make normal citizens afraid all the time because any person can accused of being a terrorist until the government proves he is not.

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Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle , 2010.
Keywords [en]
Terrorism, Legalizing torture, Human Rights, Human Rights Law
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24002Local ID: 10220OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-24002DiVA, id: diva2:1483971
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KS GPS Political Science - Global Politics
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