1. Pinochet
The complaints were originally filed to pursue reparations for crimes committed against the deaths of Spanish citizens in Chile and Argentina under Pinochet's rule, but was broadened to include all the crimes of the regime. ... In the 1984 International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment tightened the machinery of enforcement for violators. ... The issue at hand was not whether there was a prohibition but whether provisions of immunity by the head of state might override this doctrine and punishments set by the Torture convention. ....
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