JURIST - Paper Chase: Human rights group urges US to conduct independent investigation into abuse

New York-based Human Rights Watch has called on the US to create an independent investigation into which officials authorized the use of coercive tactics against detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guatanamo Bay. The group said the investigation should be bipartisan and should have the power to appoint a special prosecutor. Executive Director Kenneth Roth said he has already made the proposal to national security advisor Condoleezza Rice, who did not say whether such an investigation would be opened. Human Rights Watch claims that the US has violated the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention against Torture through the use of coercive tactics. Reuters has more.