| End rendition and secret detention Position1 #9003 The Obama administration should Issue an executive order ending any use of rendition, secret detention or prolonged incommunicado detention by or on behalf of the US authorities anywhere. |
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- CitationsAdd new citationList by: CiterankMapLink[1] Counter Terror with Justice: A checklist for the next US President
Author: Amnesty International
Publication info: 5 November 2008
Cited by: David Price 3:24 PM 4 January 2009 GMT
Citerank: (8) 9005Revoke Military Order of 13 November 2001Revoke the 13 November 2001 Military Order on the Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism.109FDEF6, 9006End trials by military commissionEnd trials by military commission and the system of Combatant Status Review Tribunals and Administrative Review Boards.959C6EF, 9007Charge and try detainees before US Federal CourtsCharge any Guantánamo detainees that are going to be charged promptly and send them for trial before US federal courts.959C6EF, 9009End Government oppostion to habeas corpus hearingsEnd the US government’s opposition to full habeas corpus hearings for detainees in Guantánamo and other similar situations.959C6EF, 9011Issue Exectuitve Order that US will not resort to tortureIssue an executive order that the USA will not, under any circumstances, resort to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as defined under international law.959C6EF, 9016Declassify all relevant legal opinions and documentsObama should declassify all legal opinions and documents authorizing or approving interrogation techniques and detention conditions that discuss whether the techniques or conditions were consistent with the prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.959C6EF, 9021Full disclosure on whereabouts and status of all detaineesThe Obama administration should make known the name, nationality, present whereabouts, status and circumstances of detention of all those who are or have been detained as part of the programmes of rendition and secret detention.959C6EF, 9022Meaningful access to redress and remedyThe Obama administration should announce that it will work to ensure
that victims of human rights violations for which the US authorities may be responsible will have meaningful access to redress and remedy.959C6EF URL:
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