The Justice Department and the UN Convention against Torture

The United States, being the civilized nation that they are, have to follow rules and guidelines. The US had to adhere to The UN convention rules against torture. The United States had a necessary need to extract intelligence from detainees. The United States believed that military combatants who did not practice or adhere to any rules that Americans had to follow that they deserved the bare minimum standards against torture.

The justice department tried to clearly define the word torture. Torture was basically defined as not losing function of your organs or death. This definition was loosely defined and allowed much leeway for Americans to “interrogate” these detained combatants.

Once critic commented, this definition of torture was being followed and used by Saddam Hussein that led to outrage and invasion of his country. Another critic could not believe that a lawyer in the justice department could even think of such lowly standards to publish them on a piece of paper, but now that had become US policy. There were many critics to using this type of definition of torture.