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US must
probe torture allegations, says UN official
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, DPA
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London:
The US government has a moral duty to investigate whether its
officials were involved in torture or complicity in torture
following the WikiLeaks revelations about Iraq, a top UN official
said Saturday.
Manfred Nowak, the UN's special rapporteur on torture, told the
BBC that such a duty existed even if the alleged human rights
violations dated back to a previous government.
"President Obama also has an obligation to deal with past cases,"
said Nowak. "There is an obligation to investigate whenever there
are credible allegations torture has happened - and these
allegations are more than credible - and then it is up to the
courts."
There should initially be an "independent and objective
investigation", said Nowak.
After that, it would be up to the courts on the one hand to bring
the perpetrators to justice and also on the other hand to provide
the victims with adequate reparation for the harm they have
suffered.
Nowak's comments related to allegations that US officials and the
military turned a blind eye to torture by Iraqi soldiers on
fellow-Iraqis.
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