Spanish Investigations into the United States Torture Program

25 January 2012 Currently, two investigations are pending before the Audiencia Nacional, the Spanish National Court, both related to incidents of systematic torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees that occurred in the context of U.S. interrogation and detention policies after 2001.

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Bush Torture Indictment

7 February 2011 Two torture victims were to have filed criminal complaints in Geneva against former U.S. President George W. Bush, with more than 2,500-pages of supporting material, to coincide with his planned appearance at an event there on 12 February 2011.

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Rumsfeld torture cases - criminal charges filed

Between 2004 and 2007 three complaints were filed in Germany and in France against members of the US-Government, including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and members of the military forces, for war crimes, torture and other criminal acts, which took place in the military prisons of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. In all three cases, however, the court authority in Karlsruhe and Paris, where the cases were filed, refused to initiate investigations.

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Executive summary of the complaint's allegation in Rumsfeld case

From Donald Rumsfeld on down, the political and military leaders in charge of ordering, allowing and implementing abusive interrogation techniques in the context of the “War on Terror” since September 11, 2001, must be investigated and held accountable. The complaint alleges that American military and civilian high-ranking officials named as defendants in the case have committed war crimes against detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and in the U.S.-controlled Guantánamo Bay prison camp.

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Formal communication filed to the UN against NATO Supreme Commander General Craddock

A formal communication to the United Nations Specials Rapporteurs on Torture, on the right to Physical and Mental Health, and on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism has been submitted on April 2, 2009 by the ECCHR and other actors.

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