Iacopino, Vincent - short clip - BiggestMedicalEthicsScandalinUSHistory

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-	In the absence of accountability.	0:02
	There has been no accountability.	0:05
	This history will likely be repeated as frequently	0:09
	as we are challenged by events like September 11th.	0:12
	It's important for us to understand what happened to speak	0:19
	the truth of what happened and not conceal it.	0:22
	This country, our identity is about the respect for the rule	0:26
	of law.	0:30
	It's not about people.	0:31
	It's about the law, our constitution, that's	0:32
	what's enduring about this country and what's different	0:35
	about it,	0:38
	and systematic torture and the continued concealment	0:39
	and of it, and the lack of accountability for it.	0:46
	It's a shame, the extent to	0:51
	which a government respects the rule of law as its source	0:54
	of legitimacy.	0:56
	And so we don't have the same sense of legitimacy	0:58
	as a government when you're systematically torturing you	1:01
	hold no one accountable and people need to be prosecuted.	1:04
	The health professionals included, they were central	1:07
	to committing and concealing torture.	1:12
	There have been six cases brought up	1:15
	to licensing boards for health professionals, all	1:18
	of which have failed usually on the basis of not.	1:21
	They would say	1:25
	that they don't have the jurisdiction and that's sad.	1:26
	The medical profession, this is the biggest scandal	1:30
	in medical ethics in the United States history and	1:34
	Health professionals have not been held to account.	1:39
	I think in order to restore trust and health professionals	1:42
	we need to have that kind	1:46
	of investigation and accountability.	1:47

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Title:

Iacopino, Vincent - short clip - BiggestMedicalEthicsScandalinUSHistory

Date:

September 25, 2017

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Iacopino, Vincent

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This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Senior Advisor, Physicians for Human Rights
Vincent Iacopino, male, age 60, is the senior medical advisor to Physicians for Human Rights, and the principle organizer behind the U.N. Istanbul Protocol, which provides guidelines on effective torture investigation and documentation. He has also testified in a number of Guantanamo detainee hearings.
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United States

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1:38:36

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