2011 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 21D - DETAINEE TREATMENT (§§ 2000dd - 2000dd-1)
Section 2000dd-0 - Additional prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 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-0 - Additional prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment
Containssection 2000dd-0
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 109-366, §6(c), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2635.
Statutes at Large Reference120 Stat. 2635
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 109-366

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42 USC § 2000dd-0 (2011)
§2000dd–0. Additional prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment (1) 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.

(2) Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment defined

In this section, the term “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment” means 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.

(3) Compliance

The President shall take action to ensure compliance with this section, including through the establishment of administrative rules and procedures.

(Pub. L. 109–366, §6(c), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2635.)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and not as part of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 which comprises this chapter.

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