"Empty Promises:"

Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard against Torture

TABLE OF CASES

INTRODUCTION...

DIPLOMATIC ASSURANCES AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM...

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture

U.N. Human Rights Committee

U.N. Committee against Torture

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees

DIPLOMATIC ASSURANCES AND THEIR USE IN NORTH AMERICA..

United States

Federal Law..

The Case of Maher Arar

Canada

The Case of Manickavasagam Suresh

The Case of Rodolfo Pacificador

DIPLOMATIC ASSURANCES AND THEIR USE IN EUROPE..

Regional Law and Policy

Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

Chahal v. United Kingdom...

Shamayev and 12 Others v. Georgia and Russia

Mamatkulov and Askarov v. Turkey

Examples of State Practice in the Council of Europe Region

United Kingdom: The Case of Akhmed Zakaev

Germany: The Case of Metin Kaplan

Austria: The Case of Mohamed Bilasi-Ashri

Sweden: The Cases of Ahmed Agiza and Mohammed al-Zari

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