'Torture is a crime and those responsible must be brought to justice' UN/AI/HRW via Guardian UK

The article also notes that President Obama has cooled on commitments made during the 2008 election campaign to pursue criminal investigations

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/09/torture-cia-amnesty-international-human-rights-watch

The UN, human rights activists and legal experts have renewed calls for the Obama administration to prosecute US officials responsible for the CIA torture programme revealed in extensive detail following the release of a damning report by the Senate intelligence committee.

“Today’s release once again makes crystal clear that the US government used torture. Torture is a crime and those responsible for crimes must be brought to justice,” Amnesty International USA’s executive director, Steven W Hawkins, said in a statement.

“Under the UN convention against torture, no exceptional circumstances whatsoever can be invoked to justify torture, and all those responsible for authorising or carrying out torture or other ill-treatment must be fully investigated.”

Andrea Prasow, deputy Washington director at Human Rights Watch, also called on governments in other signatory states to the UN convention against torture to prosecute officials should they enter their territory. “Other countries have all the information they need should they wish to exercise universal jurisdiction and prosecute these officials should they appear in their borders,” Prasow said.