22.11.2009|Other|Position Paper

Preventing Torture and other Ill-Treatment In U.S. Military and Intelligence Detention Facilities

Human Right Watch urges the US government to conform the conditions in which it holds prisoners to international humanitarian law. Among its recommendations: denounce any kind of torture at any time; improve detention conditions; abolish the use of prolonged solitary confinement; disclosing the location of prisons and detention facilities inside and outside the US; enable regular visits by an attorney, medical personnel, Red Cross officials, and human rights organizations.