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Council of Europe: Special Rapporteur says Europe aided CIA renditions

Jun 16, 2006

On 27 June, Council of Europe (CoE) Special Rapporteur Dick Marty presented his final report to the CoE Parliamentary Assembly. He concluded that several cases of rendition operated by the CIA took place with the complicity of CoE member states. The Assembly...

Council of Europe rejects drafting of guidelines on diplomatic assurances

Apr 16, 2006

On 3 April, the Council of Europe Steering Committee on Human Rights issued its report on human rights implications of diplomatic assurances in the context of expulsion procedures. The Committee decided not to develop minimum standards for the use of diplomatic...

Council of Europe releases reports on CIA flights and secret detention centres

Apr 16, 2006

On 1 March, the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General, Terry Davis issued his interim report on allegations of CIA-run secret prisons and flights in Europe. The report criticized the inadequacy of effective oversight of the activities of foreign agencies on the...

Council of Europe: Investigator says Europe knew of CIA operations

Feb 16, 2006

On 24 January, Dick Marty, the Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur on alleged secret detentions and transport of terrorist suspects by the CIA, delivered his interim report concluding that European countries were almost certainly aware of CIA activities in Europe. On...

Council of Europe postpones decision on diplomatic assurances

Dec 8, 2005

On 9 December, a meeting of governments convened by the Council of Europe postponed a decision whether to draw up guidelines on use of diplomatic assurances in cases where a person is facing a risk of torture or ill-treatment if transferred to another country. Human...