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CIA Renditions and the Law seminar

category dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice author Saturday May 06, 2006 23:04author by redjade - Amnesty International and the Irish Centre for Human Rights Report this post to the editors

....will explore the extent of the duties of governments under international law to ensure that they do not indirectly assist or facilitate extraordinary renditions by other states.....

On Tuesday 9 May Amnesty International and the Irish Centre for Human Rights are hosting a major seminar which will explore the extent of the duties of governments under international law to ensure that they do not indirectly assist or facilitate extraordinary renditions by other states, in circumstances where the end result of these renditions is that detainees face a substantial risk of disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment contrary to international law, by permitting aircraft involved in such activities.

National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin
May 9th 2006, 10.00am – 4.00pm

Discussion Topic
What are the duties of governments under international law to ensure that they do not indirectly assist or facilitate extraordinary renditions by other states, in circumstances where the end result of these renditions is that detainees face a substantial risk of disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment contrary to international law, by permitting aircraft involved in such activities to cross their airspace or to land on their territory en route to or returning from such missions?

Speakers:
Manfred Nowak is the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.

Mona Rishmawi is Juridical advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Michael O'Flaherty is a member of the UN Human Rights Committee and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Nottingham.

Professor Geoff Gilbert is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Refugee Law, and a member of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex.

Dr Vinodh Jaichand is Deputy Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at National University of Ireland, Galway.

Ian Seiderman is Director of Legal Advice at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International.

Further information available from Amnesty at 01 6776361
http://www.amnesty.ie

author by anonpublication date Mon May 15, 2006 04:56author address author phone Report this post to the editors

http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=38699...62&x= UN torture expert calls for Shannon search of planes

Also ICCL/Law Library Talk

Human rights expert slams Govt attitude to CIA flights
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=22522...58&x=
However, Shami Chakrabarti, the director of British group Liberty, said today that Ireland had a duty to carry out a proper investigation under its international obligations on preventing torture.

She was speaking ahead of an address at Dublin's Law Library this evening on the theme of rights, freedom and terror.
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