{"id":800,"date":"2019-04-19T09:42:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/?p=800"},"modified":"2022-06-08T06:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T10:57:58","slug":"ending-ncs-involvement-in-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/2019\/04\/19\/ending-ncs-involvement-in-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ending NC&#8217;s Involvement in Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A bill geared towards ending North Carolina&#8217;s involvement in acts of torture was filed on Thursday, April 12, 2019 in the North Carolina House of Representatives.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncleg.gov\/BillLookUp\/2019\/H740\">HB 740<\/a> is called &#8220;Ending NC&#8217;s Involvement in Torture.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill has three primary sponsors: Democratic Representatives Verla Insko, Pricey Harrison and Graig Meyer. The 18 co-sponsors represent districts in 14 counties across North Carolina, from Buncombe to Wayne to Cumberland, New Hanover, and Robeson. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torture goes against international laws as defined in the United Nations Convention Against Torture. A such, this bill not only advances human rights on a national level, but also globally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, Bill HB 740 seeks to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reinforce legal scholars&#8217; view that North Carolina has jurisdiction over these crimes if the conspiracy to carry them out occurred within the state.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make torture and enforced disappearance felony crimes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Provide the North Carolina Attorney General the authority to convene a grand jury to investigate such crimes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Require airports in the state to provide 10 days&#8217; notice to the NC Department of Justice before federal detainees are transported.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prohibit the state from funding airports that have not established and implemented policies that prohibit the use of their facilities for abduction and extrajudicial transfers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prohibit the state from funding vendors convicted of violating federal and international laws concerning abduction and extrajudicial transfers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming weeks, a press conference will be held to discuss the bill and why it is necessary. Passage of the bill would be a triumph for all who have been victims of Aero Contractors&#8217; role in aiding the CIA to carry out enforced disappearance and torture. It would also serve as a win for international laws, which serve as the bedrock for the advancement of human rights across the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill geared towards ending North Carolina&#8217;s involvement in acts of torture was filed on Thursday, April 12, 2019 in the North Carolina House of Representatives. HB 740 is called &#8220;Ending NC&#8217;s Involvement in Torture.&#8221; The bill has three primary sponsors: Democratic Representatives Verla Insko, Pricey Harrison and Graig Meyer. The 18 co-sponsors represent districts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bill","tag-humanrights","tag-torture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}