TERRORISM: Commentary on Security Documents Volume 108 : EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION

The focus of Volume 108 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is Extraordinary Rendition, the policy through which the U.S. transfers terrorist suspects to other national jurisdictions for the sake of torture-based interrogations. The volume''s documents and expert commentary (by new Co-Editor Aziz Huq) present the world community''s views on this policy, including the views of the U.N., the E.U., and five national jurisdictions. This volume also addresses the legal problems inherent in America''s international system of "black sites": CIA detention and interrogation facilities located outside the U.S.

Volume 108 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents tackles the contentious issue that appears in the volume''s title: "Extraordinary Rendition". Although many commentators and publications have focused on the U.S. policy of such troubling transfers, little focus has been devoted to the reaction to this policy by the rest of the world. In this volume, new General Co-Editor Aziz Huq both presents the key documents demonstrating that reaction and comments authoritatively on what those documents mean for the future of torture-based international transfers. For ease of research, Huq has divided the volume into two sections: the first deals with U.N. and E.U. responses to the U.S. policy, including a case before the U.N. Committee Against Torture, and the second section tours the reports and cases on rendition that have arisen from national jurisdictions, specifically Italy, Sweden, the U.K., ireland, and Canada.