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- The Department of Justice’s arguments notwithstanding, the extraordinary rendition program is illegal. It is clearly prohibited by the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment, ratified by the United States in 1992, and by congressionally enacted policy giving effect to CAT.
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Extraordinary rendition is a euphemism for state-sponsored kidnapping in another jurisdiction and transfer to a third state. The phrase usually refers to a United States -led program used during the War on Terror , [1] which had the purpose of circumventing the source country's laws on interrogation , detention , extradition and/or torture .
Oct 17, 2007 · Extraordinary rendition violates the Constitution and federal law. Its very purpose is to send people for interrogation to places where, in the United States’ view, the rule of law doesn’t apply. Suspects are detained and interrogated at U.S.-run secret detention facilities outside U.S. territory, or are handed over to foreign countries for ...
Dec 6, 2005 · The Department of Justice’s arguments notwithstanding, the extraordinary rendition program is illegal. It is clearly prohibited by the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment, ratified by the United States in 1992, and by congressionally enacted policy giving effect to CAT.
Extraordinary rendition, extrajudicial practice, carried out by U.S. government agencies, of transferring a prisoner to a foreign country for the purposes of detention and interrogation. Those agencies asserted that the practice exempted detainees from the legal safeguards afforded to prisoners.
- Kenneth J. Ryan
May 22, 2007 · The CIA’s extraordinary renditions reported to have occurred after 9/11 are quite different. What makes them extraordinary is that there is no judicial proceeding or due process of law; after the kidnapping, terrorist suspects simply disappear into a system of secret prisons for long-term detention and interrogation, sometimes accompanied by ...
- Michael Bilton
Extraordinary rendition is the practice of kidnapping or capturing people and sending them to countries where they face a high risk of torture or abuse in interrogations. Under the Bush administration, the U.S. government systematically sent people off to a “who’s who” of nations known to use torture—including Egypt, Syria, Uzbekistan ...
Feb 5, 2013 · Extraordinary rendition is the transfer—without legal process—of a detainee to the custody of a foreign government for purposes of detention and interrogation. The program was intended to protect America.
