§ 2000dd. Prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of persons under custody or control of the United States Government
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(a)In general No individual in the custody or under the physical control of the United States Government, regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
(b)Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose any geographical limitation on the applicability of the prohibition against cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment under this section.
(c)Limitation on supersedure The provisions of this section shall not be superseded, except by a provision of law enacted after December 30, 2005, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section.
(d)Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment defined In this section, the term “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment” means the cruel, unusual, and inhumane treatment or punishment prohibited by the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, as defined in the United States Reservations, Declarations and Understandings to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment done at New York, December 10, 1984.
(Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title X, § 1003, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2739; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XIV, § 1403, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3475.)
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U.S. Code
- § 2151Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 801Article 1. Definitions
- § 2441War crimes
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- § 948rExclusion of statements obtained by torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; prohibition of self-incrimination; admission of other statements of the accused
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- Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title X, § 1003
- 119 Stat. 2739
- Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XIV, § 1403
- 119 Stat. 3475
- Pub. L. 109–148
- Pub. L. 109–163
- Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title X, § 1001
- Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XIV, § 1401
- 119 Stat. 3474
- Pub. L. 110–53, title XX, § 2034
- 121 Stat. 517
- Public Law 109–366
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§ 2000dd
Prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of persons under custody or control of the United States Government
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title X, § 1003
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XIV, § 1403
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