English: "There is no trade-off between effective action against terrorism and the protection of human rights. On the contrary, I believe that in the long term we shall find that human rights, along with democracy and social justice, are one of the best prophylactics against terrorism."; Holds that those persons captured and held by the USA in the armed conflict in Afghanistan must be presumed to be prisoners of war; Notes that the US government has not granted prisoner-of-war status to any person held in its custody in Guantánamo Bay, nor has it submitted the determination of the status of any person to a competent tribunal as required by the Third Geneva Convention; Welcomes the thorough and detailed Memorandum on the Rights of People in US Custody in Afghanistan or Guantánamo Bay drawn up and published by Amnesty International on 16 April 2002 and expresses concern at the allegations that the United States has: - transported and held persons in conditions that may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and that violate minimum standards relating to detention; - not informed persons held in custody of their rights; - refused to grant persons held in custody access to legal counsel, including during questioning by US and other authorities; - refused to grant persons held in custody access to the courts to challenge the lawfulness of their detention; - undermined the presumption of innocence through a pattern of public commentary on the presumed guilt of persons held in custody in Guantánamo Bay; - failed to facilitate promptly communications with or grant access to family members; - undermined due process and extradition protections in cases of people taken into custody outside Afghanistan and transferred to Guantánamo Bay; - threatened to select foreign nationals for trial before military commissions – executive bodies lacking clear independence from the executive and with the power to hand down death sentences, and without the right to appeal to an independent and impartial court; - raised the prospect of indefinite detention without charge or trial, or continued detention after acquittal, or repatriation that may threaten the principle of non-refoulement; - failed to show that it has conducted an impartial and thorough investigation into allegations of human rights violations against Afghanistan villagers detained by US soldiers; Further notes that the Presidential Military Order on the Detention, Treatment and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War against Terrorism of 13 November 2001 provides for non-US nationals to be denied fair trial rights in violation of international law guaranteeing equality before the law and prohibiting discrimination, including on the basis of nationality and subject to the death penalty; Recalls the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1253 of 25 June 2001, reaffirming its complete opposition to capital punishment; that the death penalty has no legitimate place in the penal systems of modern civilized countries; and that its application constitutes torture and inhuman or degrading treatment; Further recalls that this resolution found the United States to be in violation of its obligations as a Council of Europe Observer State under Statutory Resolution (93) 26; Urges the United States to bring its practice regarding the prisoners held in Afghanistan or Guantánamo Bay into line with international law without delay; Believes that abuses and violations of international law can only serve to undermine the goal of defeating international terrorism and preventing further outrage; Resolves to appoint a delegation to visit places of detention in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay and to report to the Assembly; Further calls upon the Committee of Ministers to reconsider the matter of the Observer Status of the United States.
French: L'Assemblée salue la note, approfondie et détaillée, qu'Amnesty International a consacrée aux droits des personnes détenues en Afghanistan et Guantánamo, et qui a été publiée le 16 avril 2002 ; elle se déclare préoccupée par les allégations selon lesquelles les Etats-Unis : - auraient transféré et maintiendraient en détention des personnes dans des conditions assimilables à des traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, et qui seraient incompatibles avec les normes minimales relatives au traitement des détenus ; - n'auraient pas informé les personnes détenues de leurs droits ; - auraient refusé d'autoriser les personnes détenues à consulter un avocat, y compris durant les interrogatoires conduits par les autorités américaines ou d'autres autorités ; - auraient refusé aux personnes détenues le droit de contester en justice la légalité de leur détention ; - auraient porté atteinte au principe de la présomption d'innocence en se livrant publiquement à des commentaires répétés sur la culpabilité présumée des personnes détenues à Guantánamo ; - auraient omis de faciliter rapidement les communications avec les familles et de permettre des visites de ces familles ; - n'auraient pas accordé de garanties légales suffisantes ni de protections adéquates en matière d'extradition aux personnes arrêtées hors d'Afghanistan et transférées à Guantánamo ; - auraient menacé de sélectionner des ressortissants étrangers pour les traduire devant des commissions militaires, c'est-à-dire des organes qui ne sont pas véritablement indépendants du pouvoir exécutif, qui sont habilités à prononcer des condamnations à mort, et dont les décisions ne peuvent faire l'objet d'aucun recours devant un tribunal indépendant et impartial ; - auraient évoqué la possibilité d'une détention de durée indéterminée sans inculpation ni jugement, ou d'un maintien en détention après acquittement, ou d'un rapatriement risquant d'être contraire au principe de non-refoulement ; - n'auraient pas montré qu'ils ont mené des enquêtes impartiales et approfondies sur les allégations selon lesquelles des villageois afghans détenus par des soldats américains auraient été victimes de violations des droits de l'homme.