Police Accountability
Chicago Police Torture Cases
Background
In May 1972, John Burge was promoted to Chicago Police Detective and was assigned to the Area Two detective division on the south side of Chicago. Area Two serves a mostly African-American community, and it is here that the military training in torture he received in Vietnam first began to arise in the context of his police work. Burge was promoted to Sergeant of Area Two in 1977 and to Lieutenant in 1981. He was then also placed in charge of the Violent Crimes Unit.
Communications with International Human Rights Bodies on Police Accountability and Criminal Justice
The UN and other regional human rights bodies engage in a variety of activities that seek to protect, monitor, and advance human rights worldwide. One tool for human rights compliance is that of monitoring and reporting on human rights conditions. The below list of resources include general communications to and from Human Rights Monitoring Bodies. To learn more about Human Rights Monitoring Bodies, click here.
