2013 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
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 21D - DETAINEE TREATMENT Sec. 2000dd-0 - Additional prohibition on cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment |
Contains | section 2000dd-0 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-366, §6(c), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2635. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 120 Stat. 2635 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 109-366 |
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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 definedIn 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) ComplianceThe 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.)
CODIFICATIONSection 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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