Jordan enacted an anti-trafficking law in 2009, and has also ratified UN conventions against offence.
There is also the UN convention against torture, ratified by the UK in 1988.
They are also guilty of violating the UN convention against torture (ratified by the US) and are responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and 5,000 Americans.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, ratified by the UK in April 1986, is an international bill of rights for women which recognises the role of culture and tradition in perpetuating gender discrimination.
The U.N. Convention Against Torture, ratified by the United States and 146 other countries, as well as the Geneva Conventions, do more than prohibit torture at all times, even in war.
In addition, he makes much of wording in the Convention Against Torture (ratified by the United States in 1994), that requires the criminalization of torture and also declares that parties "undertake to prevent... other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment which do not amount to torture".
"International law, including the Convention against Torture ratified by the UAE, clearly prohibits the use of any evidence obtained under torture during a trial". .
He also concluded that Slahi's treatment was in violation of the United Nations Convention Against Torture, ratified by the US in 1996, which includes mental torture.
The Convention Against Torture, ratified under Ronald Reagan, obliges our government to ensure "a prompt and impartial investigation" when there are "reasonable grounds to believe" torture has occurred (Article 12).
True, America had ratified (in 1988) the Convention against Torture, but that applied only to acts carried out on American soil, they said.
Human Rights Watch says that the conditions in supermax prisons violate the international covenant on civil and political rights and the convention against torture, both ratified by the US.
