Fate and Whereabouts Unknown: Detainees in the "War on Terror"
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
2005, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice:
This is the first in a series of Briefing Papers that will address “disappearances” in the “War on Terror.” This Paper presents factual summaries of individuals who may be in secret detention sites. Forthcoming Briefing Papers will address: the wider range of practices that may violate human rights law concerning enforced disappearances; international and regional law relevant to “disappearances”; domestic law applicable to “disappearances”; and legal standards governing collaboration by states in the human rights violations of other states.
Abstract:
It has been widely reported that the United States is holding detainees in secret locations. Less is known about who these individuals are. In this Briefing Paper, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice presents the stories of 28 individuals who may have been “disappeared” by the U.S. government. Their stories are drawn from media accounts, human rights reports, and in some cases, interviews with legal representatives. While the level of certainty about the status of these individuals varies, the facts in each case are sufficient to indicate that each may have been a victim of an enforced disappearance by the United States. The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice calls on the United States government to clarify the fate of these individuals by disclosing, at minimum, their detention status, and for those who have been detained, their location and basis for detention.
Table of contents:
About this Briefing Paper
Acknowledgements
I. OVERVIEW
Introduction
What are enforced disappearances?
How are people “disappeared” in the “War on Terror”?
How do the different practices relate to each other?
Who is held in the secret detention sites?
II INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE IN SECRET DETENTION
(a) Individuals confirmed to be or to have been in U.S. detention who are
probably held in U.S.-controlled secret locations or foreign facilities run
with U.S. involvement
(b) Individuals suspected of being in U.S. detention who are probably
held in U.S.-controlled secret locations or foreign facilities run with
U.S. involvement.
(c) Individuals who may be in U.S. detention and who may be held in
U.S.-controlled secret locations or foreign facilities run with U.S.
involvement
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