“The U.S. government has an ongoing obligation to investigate the crimes committed [there], including an assessment of whether they meet the threshold of war crimes and crimes against humanity,” states a report on Guantanamo reviewed by KarenGreenberg3.
, had been transferred from Gitmo to Serbia in 2016. Though invited to attend, his visa wasn’t approved in time.
Ni Aoláin was the perfect person for the job. She’s long defended human rights and international law, with a particular focus on issues of justice and human dignity. In 2013, she co-edited Now, she has issued her new 23-page report, adding significantly to the debate over liberty and security that has defined discussions over Guantánamo since its birth in January 2002.A notable distinction between this report and those that preceded it is the access the special rapporteur was granted by the Biden administration. It was, in fact, theto Guantánamo by an independent U.N. investigator.
“Regrettably, the vast majority of detainees continue to experience sustained human rights violations beginning with the very process of transfer to the country of return or resettlement.” In fact, “arbitrariness, confusion, and inconsistency” define life at Guantánamo and have only been exacerbated by the secrecy with which those SOPs are guarded, further intensifying the cruel and inhuman treatment that has always defined that prison. Ni Aoláin suggests that it’s finally time for transparency to come to Gitmo.
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