U.N.|Nine Steps States must take against Secret Detention Worldwide

posted on 07.15.2010 by Chloe M

(1 June 2010)

United Nations human rights experts are scheduled to present their joint
study on global practices of secret detention in the context of countering
terrorism, on Wednesday 2 June 2010, at the UN Human Rights Council in
Geneva, Switzerland.

Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) call on all delegations to the Council to engage in serious substantive discussion
of how to bring an end to this worldwide practice and ensure accountability
of those responsible.

Read about the Nine Steps here.