Extraordinary rendition

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Blue: The illegally kidnapped people come from these countries.
Light blue: Prisoners were allegedly transported via these countries.
Red: Detainees are reported to have arrived in these countries.
Black: locations of the "black sites".
Sources: Amnesty International , Human Rights Watch

The term Extraordinary rendition (German: extraordinary extradition , also transfer of terror suspects ) describes the kidnapping and transfer of a person from one state to another without a legal basis. In this context, the expression torture by proxy (in English: vicarious torture ) is also used by critics of these transfers to describe processes in which so-called terror suspects are transferred to countries in the context of the fight against terrorism , the prosecution of some of those who violate human rights Questioning techniques such as torture is shaped. Furthermore, critics claim that this torture occurs with the knowledge or even with the consent of the government responsible.

The Secretary of State of the United States , Condoleezza Rice , said in April 2006 in a radio interview that the United States did not carry people to places where they knew that they would be tortured. This statement is in contrast to public prosecution investigations, for example in the Abu Omar case .

Violation of UN conventions

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This action by the United States has raised a number of moral, legal and political allegations and has led to various official investigations by the European Union . A June 2006 report by the Council of Europe estimated that 100 people were kidnapped by the CIA in European territory and transferred to other countries - often only after they had passed through so-called black sites operated by the CIA in cooperation with the respective governments. According to a February 2007 report by the European Parliament , the CIA carried out 1,245 flights, often to countries where suspects could be subjected to torture in violation of Article 3 of the UN Convention against Torture. A large majority in the European Parliament confirmed the outcome of the report, which stated that many member states tolerated the illegal actions of the CIA and criticized other European governments and their intelligence agencies for their reluctance to cooperate in the investigation.

Well-documented examples are Khaled al-Masri and Abu Omar .

Permanent "disappearance" of suspects

In 2006, a merger publish six human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch , a list of 36 people, caught either known or highly likely by US authorities under suspicion of terrorism were held, and " disappeared " (English. Disappeared ) are. They did not appear again, nor would the US authorities answer questions about their fate or their whereabouts. This situation had not changed significantly by April 2009. The US law professor Margaret Satterthwaite said:

“By the time the US government clears up the fate and whereabouts of these individuals, these people will still be missing, and enforced disappearances are one of the most serious international human rights violations . (Until the US government clarifies the fate and whereabouts of these individuals, these people are still disappeared, and disappearance is one of the most grave international human rights violations.) "

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Rendition" and secret detention: A global system of human rights violations ( Memento of September 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Amnesty International , January 1, 2006
  2. ^ A b Michael John Garcia, Legislative Attorney American Law Division. Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture (PDF; 313 kB) April 5, 2006 p.2 link from the United States Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources for Law Enforcement web site ( Memento from October 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Gordon Corera Does UK turn a blind eye to torture? , BBC 5. April , 2005 "One member of the [parliamentary foreign affairs] committee Described the policy as 'Effectively torture by proxy.'"
  4. ↑ James Naughtie's Interview of Secretary Rice With British Foreign Secretary ( January 1, 2009 memento in the Internet Archive ) Jack Straw on BBC Radio 4 April 1, 2006 via the Internet Archive
  5. ^ Off the Record. ( Memento from June 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 47 kB) US Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the “War on Terror”. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch et al. Retrieved from Ney York Law School
  6. ↑ Dafna Linzer: The Detention Dilemma. Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown. ProPublica, April 22, 2009