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The Globalisation of Rendition and Proxy Detention

I am currently researching the development and operation of a now global system of rendition and proxy detention. Rendition involves the seizure of suspects from one sovereign territory and their illicit transfer to another. It operates outside of the confines of normal extradition procedures, is highly secretive, and frequently involves torture of detainees by agents of the recipient state. It is usually assumed that rendition is a policy led and directed by the US since 9/11, but early evidence suggests that it may be much more diffuse. It also appears to be operating differently in the three regions most involved (Asia, the Middle East and Africa), and localised systems of rendition may pre-date the'War on Terror'. To stop secret detention and torture, we need to understand the nature and reach of this system.