Poland: trust no one but the law

In February 2015 the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg rejected a Polish appeal on CIA-prison cases involving the violation of numerous human rights' guarantees on behalf of two Guantanamo detainees. This was an important lesson.

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Euro|Topics: Main Focus, 11.12.14: CIA torture: Europe also implicated http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/archiv_dossier/DOSSIER155176-CIA-torture-Europe-also-implicated

ESO: Background information: CIA torture report: Europe must come clean about its own complicity http://www.europeansources.info/record/comment-is-free-cia-torture-report-europe-must-come-clean-about-its-own-complicity/

Poland: MFA: Permanent Representation of Poland to the Council of Europe http://strasbourgre.mfa.gov.pl/en/poland_in_the_council_of_europe/poland_and_the_european_court_of_human_rights/

Open Society Foundations: News, 17.02.15: Litigation. Al-Nashiri v. Poland http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/litigation/al-nashiri-v-poland

The Economist, 25.02.15: Europe and the CIA. Paying for torture http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21645097-cia-tortured-suspected-terrorists-polish-soil-european-court-human-rights-making

ECHR: Application number: 28761/11: Al-Nashiri v. Poland http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx#{%22appno%22:[%2228761/11%22]}}

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