State-sponsored abduction and transfer to a third country
For other uses, see Extraordinary Rendition.
Not to be confused with other forms of extraterritorial abduction.
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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. Extraordinary rendition is a type of extraterritorial abduction, but not all extraterritorial abductions include transfer to a third country.
Extraordinary rendition began under the administration of President Bill Clinton and continued under the administration of President George W. Bush. Hundreds of "illegal combatants" were abducted for U.S. detention, and transported detainees to U.S.-controlled sites as part of an extensive interrogation program that included torture.[2] Extraordinary rendition continued under the Obama administration, with targets being interrogated and subsequently taken to the U.S. for trial.[3] A 2018 report by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament found the United Kingdom, specifically MI5 and MI6, to be complicit in many of the renditions carried out by the U.S., by helping to fund them, by supplying intelligence, and by knowingly allowing the abductions to happen.[4]
In July 2014, the European Court of Human Rights condemned the government of Poland for participating in CIA extraordinary rendition, ordering Poland to pay restitution to men who had been abducted, taken to a CIA black site in Poland, and tortured.[5][6][7] Torture is banned under the European Convention on Human Rights, which 46 nations, including Poland, have pledged to uphold.
^Vervaele, John A. E. (2018). Rendition, Extraterritorial Abduction, and Extraordinary Rendition. Oxford Bibliographies. doi:10.1093/OBO/9780199796953-0171.
^Bush administration increased renditions
Mayer, Jane (14 February 2005). "Outsourcing torture". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
"Senate Panel's Report Links Detainees' Murders to Bush's Torture Policy" The Public Record, 30 April 2009.
Barnes, Greg and Miller, Julian. "Senate Report Says Rumsfeld to Blame for Detainee Abuse" Los Angeles Times, 12 September 2008.
^Obama administration renditions
Keeting, Joshua (16 June 2015). "Senate votes to ban torture: Will It Stick This Time?". Slate.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
Whitlock, Craig (1 January 2013). "Renditions continue under Obama, despite due-process concerns". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
Currier, Cora; Lee, Suevon (26 July 2012). "The Secret Prison". Slate. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^The findings that the UK intelligence agencies knew of torture during the Iraq War reveals the dark side of the special relationship, The Independent
^AFP (24 July 2014). "European court condemns Poland over secret CIA torture prisons". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^Bilesfsky, Dan (24 July 2014). "Court Censures Poland Over C.I.A. Renditions". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^Lowe, Christian (17 February 2015). "European court rejects Polish appeal in CIA jail case". Reuters.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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