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Despite being created and maintained by the United States government as a response to the attacks of 9\/11, the existence of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo is an international problem and its solutions require a global commitment \u2013 in particular through the resettlement of the 57 detainees who have now been cleared for transfer. This was one of the conclusions of the debate \u201cThe U.S. and torture: from Guantanamo to the CIA\u2019s secret prisons\u201d, staged on Wednesday, May 27, in S\u00e3o Paulo, during the 14th International Human Rights Colloquium<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an affront to the international human rights system,\u201d said Jessica\u00a0Carvalho Morris, the new executive director of Conectas. \u201cIt has created a legal black hole.\u201d\u00a0Polly Rossdale, of the organization Reprieve<\/u><\/a>, provided some concrete examples of how this legal limbo has permitted ongoing violations at the prison. Rossdale, who has coordinated the resettlement of 30 former prisoners over the past six years, cited the case of the Yemeni student Emad Hassan, who was arrested in Pakistan. \u201cThe United States was paying bounties for turning people in. This was the so-called \u2018intelligence\u2019. Nearly 86% of the men imprisoned in Guantanamo were not captured by the U.S. army, but by third parties,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Emad has been on a hunger strike for eight years and has already lost 43 kg. He and another 48 Yemenis have been cleared for release, but by determination of the U.S. government \u2013 which claims that Yemen is not safe enough for them to return home \u2013 they are waiting for the possibility of resettlement in other countries. \u201cI believe that Latin American nations have an important role\u00a0to play in\u00a0helping to end\u00a0this tragedy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut why should countries like Brazil care?\u201d asked Jamil Dakwar, of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union<\/u><\/a>). According to him, because the problem is not just the existence of the prison, but the possibility of exporting the model \u2013 and its impact on the global defense of human rights. \u201cIf the United States, one of the world\u2019s most celebrated democracies, can create a legal framework that permits the existence of Guantanamo, then why can\u2019t other countries do the same?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gast\u00f3n Chillier, executive director of Cels (Center for Legal and Social Studies<\/u><\/a>, of Argentina), drew attention to another consequence of Guantanamo and the systematic practice of torture by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency): the undermining of international law, of the consensus built by countries on the prohibition of torture and of the duty to investigate violations.<\/p>\n

Mentioning the advances occurred in Latin America towards the reconstruction of memory and truth, he said that torture and forced disappearances are nothing new and they were certainly not invented by the United States. \u201cThe difference \u2013 and this is the key point for the human rights movement \u2013 is that, in our countries, these practices were committed by authoritarian governments or clandestinely in contexts of armed conflict,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have the responsibility to generate the conditions for there to be accountability for the crimes committed by the United States. The challenge is enormous, but we have to be up to it.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Symbol of disrespect for human rights, U.S. prison is topic of debate in S\u00e3o 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