JENNIE KEOHANE
[Spring 2008, Volume IX]
As the United States relentlessly pursues the war on terror, concerns for international human rights, while never a high priority, have been relegated to the very bottom of the list. Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, the torture memos, indefinite detention without trial, warrantless eavesdropping, and secret CIA prisons are just some of the violations uncovered thus far (“Straightening the Record”). Internationally, events of the twentieth century have also shown a flagrant disregard for human rights. Take for example Bosnia, Rwanda, the Holocaust, and Srebrenica (to name a few). …