Warwick Professor in UN study on secret detention in the context of countering terrorism

09.02.10 - 02:32 ... source : University Of Warwick

... [c] University of Warwick Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali is one of a team of UN experts who have just produced a new Joint study on global practices in relation to secret detention in the context of countering terrorism for the United Nations Human Rights Council. The study was led by: the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin; Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak; the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (represented by its Vice-Chairperson, Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali of The Univetsity of Warwick; and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (represented by its Chairperson, Jeremy Sarkin). They have issued a wide-ranging study on states' use of secret detention in connection with counter-terrorism activities. All four of th ...» Next (HTML)