Posted by: zanshin, 2008-08-18 02:55

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Date: 2008-05-06 (Tuesday)
Ttorture, genocide, slavery, and wars of aggression all fall under jus cogens.
Jus cogens is Latin for "higher law" or "compelling law."
This means that no country can ever pass a law that allows torture. There can be no immunity from criminal liability for violation of a jus cogens prohibition.
-- Marjorie Cohn, Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties House Judiciary Committee






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