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UN special rapporteur on human rights and the fight against terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin denounced in a report published Monday, “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” that took place in Guantanamo, a military prison high security managed by the United States.
After two decades of fruitless requests from independent UN human rights experts, the special rapporteur on human rights and the fight against terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, was finally authorized to make this visit in February.
“The closure of this establishment remains a priority”
The report published on Monday describes, despite significant improvements in the detention center, near-constant surveillance, forced extractions from cells, excessive use of means of restraint, structural deficiencies in terms of health, inadequate access to families and arbitrary detentions characterized by continued violations of the right to a fair trial.
“The totality of all these practices and negligence (…) have in particular cumulative aggravating effects on the dignity, freedoms and fundamental rights of each prisoner, and this amounts, in my opinion, to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in course, under international law,” she said at a press conference.
“The closure of this establishment remains a priority,” she added, welcoming the openness and willingness of the United States to set an example by allowing this visit.
