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The Council of Europe addresses CIA rendition and detention program.
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American Journal of International Law
- Article date:
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April 1, 2007
- Author:
- Hakimi, Monica
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In November 2005, the U.S. media reported that the Central Intelligence Agency was operating secret detention facilities in a handful of foreign countries, including two in eastern Europe, and that detainees were often transferred between those facilities and states known to engage in torture. (1) The news that terrorism suspects may have been denied their human rights in member states of the Council of Europe caused concern within the Council and triggered several responses. Within days of the media reports, the Council's Parliamentary Assembly appointed a rapporteur to investigate the extent to which member states were participating in the CIA program. (2) The rapporteur, in ...