CIA above the law?
Subtitle: Secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees in Europe.
Contributors: Council of Europe.
Series: Points of view, points of law
Publisher: Council of Europe Pub.; Council of Europe
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9789287164193
Subjects: United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency; Detention of persons -- Europe; Human rights -- Government policy -- Europe; Extraordinary rendition -- United States; Human rights -- Government policy -- United States; Torture; Abduction; Deportation; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Prisoners and prisons
Description: Two investigations by the Parliamentary Assembly into the High Value Detainee (HVD) program set up by the U.S. administration after the attacks of September 11 revealed numerous serious human rights violations. It was only able to function through the cooperation of certain Council of Europe member states, despite the fact that they are bound by European human rights onventions. The European Commission for Democracy through Law includes its expert legal opinion on general international legal principles and the responsibility that Council of Europe member states would incur if they, either deliberately or by negligence, failed to meet their obligations.--Publisher's description.
Notes: French edition: CIA au-dessus des lois? Détentions secrètes et transferts illégaux de détenus en Europe.

Includes bibliographical references.