Extraordinary Rendition and Human Rights - Examining State Accountability and Complicity

This book explores the potential of international human rights law to resolve one of the gravest human rights violations to have surfaced post 9/11: extraordinary rendition.  Although infamously deployed as a counter-terrorism technique, substantial evidence confirms that European states colluded in the practice by facilitating the transportation of suspects through their airspace or airports and in some cases, secret detention on their territories. Despite recent findings of the European Court of Human Rights, difficulties persist in holding many European States accountable for the role they played both at the domestic and international level. Distinguishing between various forms of accountability and interrogating the evolving parameters of international human rights law, this volume will fill gaps in extraordinary rendition literature and influence the policies of European States.

List of contents

1. Chapter 1 The Concepts.- 2. Chapter 2 The Dynamics of Extraordinary Rendition: Past, Present and Future.- 3. Chapter 3 Investigative Obligations: Is there a Right to the Truth?.- 4. Chapter 4 Mapping State Responsibility for Complicity in Extraordinary Rendition.- 5. Chapter 5 The Shelter of Diplomatic Assurances.- 6. Chapter 6 Conclusion

About the author

Suzanne Egan is Associate Professor of international human rights law and human rights education at the School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland and Director of the UCD Centre for Human Rights, Ireland.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Egan
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2018
• EAN: 9783030041212
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3004121-2
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 218 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 324 g
• Illustrations: VII, 142 p. 1 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Internationales Recht, Internationale Beziehungen, Europa, C, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Europe, European Politics, Human Rights, International Relations, International Law, Politics & government, Political Science and International Studies, European law, Social Justice, Human rights, civil rights, Law—Europe, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Europe—Politics and government, custody detainees, forced rendition, US government, transfer of foreign nationals, complicity in extroadinary rendition, government-sponsored extrajudicial transfer