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2005 U.S. Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 21D - DETAINEE TREATMENT
Sec. 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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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 21D - DETAINEE TREATMENT
Sec. 2000dd - Prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of persons under custody or control of the United States Government
Containssection 2000dd
Date2005
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 2, 2006
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Short TitlesDetainee Treatment Act of 2005
Source CreditPub. 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.
Statutes at Large References119 Stat. 2739, 3475, 3474
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 109-148, Public Law 109-163

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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 (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The provisions of this section shall not be superseded, except by a provision of law enacted after December 30, 2005, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section.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.)

References in Text

The date “December 30, 2005”, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “the date of the enactment of this Act” and was translated as the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109–148.

Codification

Pub. L. 109–148 and Pub. L. 109–163 enacted identical sections.

Short Title

Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title X, §1001, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2739, and Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XIV, §1401, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3474, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter, amending section 2241 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 801 of Title 10, Armed Forces] may be cited as the ‘Detainee Treatment Act of 2005’.”

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