Torture and the Politics of Legitimation in International Law
Torture and the Politics of Legitimation in International Law
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酷刑与国际法中的合法化政治
DOI：
10.1017/cbo9781139540827.007
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2015
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Ian Hurd
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Ian Hurd
我研究了美国在2000年代使用国际法来合法化其酷刑政策和做法。这一案件显示了一个问题，即国际法和政治学学术界在多大程度上将遵守和不遵守国际法概念化。美国的法律的承诺与实践之间的差距并不体现在美国选择违反而不是遵守其根据《禁止酷刑公约》和其他文书所承担的义务这一说法上。相反，美国利用国际反酷刑法为其酷刑政策辩护。国际法被用作美国和其他国家合法化竞赛的工具。我认为，这是一种常见的做法，它使人们对国际法的性质和力量有了更多的政治理解。
I examine the American use of international law on torture to legitimate its torture policies and practices in the 2000s. The case shows a problem in how much international law and political science scholarship conceptualizes compliance and non-compliance with international law. The gap between the legal commitments and the practice of the US is not captured by the suggestion that the US was choosing to violate rather than comply with its obligations under the Convention against Torture and other instruments. Instead, the US used the international law against torture to justify its policies of torture. International law was used as a tool in the legitimation contests of the US and others. I suggest that this is a common practice, which opens a more political understanding of the nature and power of international law.