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I think his point is that if country admits when bad things happen, has a facility for redress or changing things, and demonstrates elements of openness and culpability that this is preferable to the alternative. This doesn't excuse the torture; in fact it does the opposite by pointing a direct...

Yep, exactly.

Very different; they allow the torture to be reported and reviewed. That's a good thing IMO.

The report suggests that these means had no real effect.

Shocking, damning stuff. And this is only what has been released. Shudder to think at what the rest of the iceberg looks like.