General Information

Author/Creator

Singh, Amrit, 1969-

Language

English.

Published

New York, N.Y. : Open Society Foundations, c2013.

Physical Description

212 p. ; 27 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Berry, David.

Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Justice Initiative.

Contents/Summary

Summary

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency embarked on a highly classified program of secret detention and extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects. The program was designed to place detainee interrogations beyond the reach of law. Suspected terrorists were seized and secretly flown across national borders to be interrogated by foreign governments that used torture, or by the CIA itself in clandestine 'black sites' using torture techniques. This report is the most comprehensive account yet assembled of the human rights abuses associated with secret detention and extraordinary rendition operations. It details for the first time the number of known victims, and lists the foreign governments that participated in these operations. It shows that responsibility for the abuses lies not only with the United States but with dozens of foreign governments that were complicit. More than 10 years after the 2001 attacks, this report makes it unequivocally clear that the time has come for the United States and its partners to definitively repudiate these illegal practices and secure accountability for the associated human rights abuses.

Subjects

Subject

United States. Central Intelligence Agency > Rules and practice.

Extraordinary rendition > United States.

Torture > Government policy > United States.

Detention of persons > Government policy > United States.

Deportation > Government policy > United States.

False imprisonment > United States.

Prisoners > Abuse of > International cooperation.

Torture > Government policy.

Human rights > Government policy > United States.

Torture > International cooperation.

Torture (International law)

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

[written by Amrit Singh ; edited by David Berry].

Title Variation

CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition

Central Intelligence Agency secret detention and extraordinary rendition

Note

"Open Society Justice Initiative."

"This report was written by Amrit Singh ... and edited by David Berry."--P. 4.

Content

Acknowledgments and methodology. -- Executive summary. -- Recommendations. -- Introduction. -- The evolution of CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition operations. -- International legal standards applicable to CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition. -- Detainees subjected to post-September 11, 2001, CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition. -- Foreign government participation in CIA secret detention and extraordinary rendition. -- Conclusion. -- Endnotes.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 207 - Donation of the Open Society Institute-Budapest

ISBN

193613375

9781936133758

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	345.73052 SIN		OSA Repository	-

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