10.12.2014 - 01:17 [ United Nations News Centre ]

UN expert calls for prosecution of CIA, US officials for crimes committed during interrogations

The US is legally obliged, by international law, to bring those responsible to justice. The UN Convention Against Torture and the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances require States to prosecute acts of torture and enforced disappearance where there is sufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction.