Legalising Torture
The Overseas Operations Bill effectively decriminalises torture abroad. It’s been labelled a political reaction to a series of legal claims – but its real motivation is thoroughly ideological.
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Michelle Farrell is Reader in Law at the University of Liverpool. She currently holds a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship for her project on the political theology of torture.
The Overseas Operations Bill effectively decriminalises torture abroad. It’s been labelled a political reaction to a series of legal claims – but its real motivation is thoroughly ideological.