US SECRET PRISONS IN LITHUANIA
ECCHR
CO-ORGANIZES CONFERENCE IN VILNIUS IN MARCH 2010
European human rights
lawyers got together on 22 March 2010 at a conference entitled „CIA ‚Extraordinary Rendition' Program: What´s next for
Lithuania?" The conference took place at Vilnius University in the country's
capital and involved discussions about the results of the Lithuanian
Parliamentary Inquiry Committee. At the end of 2009, the Committee's report
confirmed suspicions that two US-operated secret prisons had existed on
Lithuanian soil. The participants of the conference attempted to find ways of
initiating juridical steps towards a clarification of the facts and towards
holding certain individuals involved criminally responsible. ECCHR's General
Secretary, Wolfgang Kaleck spoke to the participants about the trials taking
place to date in Europe against CIA agents and other European parties involved.
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CIA 'EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION' FLIGHTS, TORTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: A EUROPEAN APPROACH
AN ECCHR STUDY, JANUARY 2009
ECCHR (ed.)
In
January 2009, the ECCHR published the second edition of their report "CIA
'Extraordinary Rendition' Flights, Torture and Accountability: A European
Approach." The study provides an overview of legal proceedings and other
judicial responses to CIA rendition flights in pertinent European countries
such as Germany, Poland, Italy, and Spain, as well as in the U.S.
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