Rights groups urge Bush prosecution under torture convention

[JURIST] The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the European Center for Human Rights (ECCHR) [advocacy website] on Monday urged the signatory states of the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) [text] to pursue criminal charges [press release] against former US president George W. Bush [JURIST news archive]. The call came as the rights groups announced that two criminal complaints [text, PDF] were to be filed on Tuesday in Switzerland against Bush before he canceled his February 12 trip to the…