
Volume 108 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents tackles the contentious issue that appears in the volume's title: "Extraordinary Rendition". Although many commentators and publications have focused on the U.S. policy of such troubling transfers, little focus has been devoted to the reaction to this policy by the rest of the world. In this volume, new General Co-Editor Aziz Huq both presents the key documents demonstrating that reaction and comments authoritatively on what those documents mean for the future of torture-based international transfers. For ease of research, Huq has divided the volume into two sections: the first deals with U.N. and E.U. responses to the U.S. policy, including a case before the U.N. Committee Against Torture, and the second section tours the reports and cases on rendition that have arisen from national jurisdictions, specifically Italy, Sweden, the U.K., ireland, and Canada.
This volume investigates the international legal and political reactions to the United States policy of extraordinary rendition. The authors, including legal scholars Aziz Huq and Douglas Lovelace Jr., analyze primary source documents to evaluate how global entities and specific national jurisdictions have responded to torture-based transfers. The text provides a framework for understanding the shifting landscape of international human rights law in the context of post-9/11 security measures.
What You Will Find
Legal professionals and researchers frequently utilize this volume as a foundational reference for tracking the global legal response to rendition. Experts highlight the text for its systematic organization of complex international case law and its focus on non-U.S. perspectives.
Page Count:
604
Publication Date:
2010-04-15
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195398130
ISBN-13:
9780195398137
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