Redress for ‘Some Folks’: Pursuing Justice for Victims of Torture Through Traditional Grounds of Jurisdiction
Year: 2017

paper argues that it is important to have accountability and redress for the torture perpetrated by U.S. officials and their foreign counterparts for the following reasons: (1) international and U.S. law requires it; (2) impunity for such crimes will encourage their future perpetration; and (3) the victims deserve redress. In Part II, the importance of redress and accountability is analyzed. Part III explains that, although the optimal place to prosecute these crimes would be U.S. courts, such p