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From this point-of-view, the human rights have been breached and in many situations without effect.
It is rather hard to point out what could actually replace the use of torture in today's world, where information is extremely difficult to retrieve from individuals. The fact that the U.S. is engaged in a war which is waged not in the traditional way but most of the times with tools which are in the form of information the debate is whether it is more important to protect the life of the human being or to ensure the security of a country and of a system. Even so, in a world which is considered to be the most advanced global community in the history of civilization, regardless of the threats perceived, the respect for human rights, dignity and humanity must prevail.
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Berstein, Serge, and Milza. Pierre. 1994. Histoire de l'Europe. Paris: Hatier.
CNN. 2004. Powell: Arab world should be more outraged. 'No excuse for silence' after American's beheading. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/16/powell.berg/index.html
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