E/CN.4/2006/120 page 40 105 Physicians for Human Rights, supra note 103, pp. 52-53. 106 Ibid. at 50. 107 E/CN.4/2003/58, para. 95. 108 A/60/348, para. 9. 109 Article 7 (2). A commentator has described the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay as an experiment. Jane Meyer, “The Experiment”, The New Yorker (11 and 18 July 2005). 110 Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 21 (1992, replaces general comment No. 9 concerning humane treatment of persons deprived of liberty). States parties report to both the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture on the implementation of international standards for medical ethics. See, e.g., the fourth periodic report of Uruguay to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR/C/95/Add.9, paras. 65-69) and the second periodic report of Algeria (CAT/C/25/Add.8, para. 6). 111 The World Medical Association is an independent confederation of professional associations, representing approximately 80 national medical associations. 112 These principles are consistent with medical ethics applicable under international humanitarian law. See, e.g., Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977, article 16; Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977, article 10. 113 International Council of Nurses, “Nurses Role in the Care of Prisoners and Detainees” adopted 1998. 114 Ibid. 115 Office of the Surgeon General Army, “Final Report: Assessment of the Detainee Medical Operations for OEF, GTMO, and OIF (13 April 2005) (The Kiley Report); Army Regulation 15-6, Final Report: Investigation into FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba Detention Facility (1 April 2005, amended 9 June 2005) (The Schmidt Report). 116 See Neil A. Lewis, supra note 103 (ICRC report stated “medical files of detainees were ‘literally open’ to interrogators”); G. Bloche and J. Marks, “Doctors and Interrogators at Guantánamo Bay” 353;1 New England Journal of Medicine 6, 6 (7 July 2005); Interview with former detainee Rustam Akhmiarov, London (18 November 2005). 117 The Kiley Report, supra note 115, at 1-8 (Behavioural Science Consultation Teams (BSCT) “consisted of physicians/psychiatrists and psychologists who directly support detainee

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