RT Book, Section T1 The international responsibility of EU in US "extraordinary renditions" of suspected terrorists A1 Arenas Hidalgo, Nuria Cinta AB Since the appalling attacks of September 11, 2001 we have been immersed in what is generally known as the “war against terrorism”, the socalled “first war of the 21st Century” whose main victim may well be the international order itself, the basic principles of co-existence which have governed international relations over recent decades. Some of the measures adopted by the United States Administration in the “war on terror” can undoubtedly be described as an attack on many international obligations. The use of force outside the legal framework of the United Nations Charter; the refusal to apply the Geneva Conventions to prisoners suspected of terrorist offences; the transfer of prisoners with no criminal procedure guarantees; the existence of secret prisons; the so-called Legal Black Hole at Guantánamo; the use of torture in interrogations despite the absolute prohibition in international conventions. In the words of Professor Sands, the fight against terrorism appears to have become a horrifying opportunity to develop the AntiInternational Law Project. PB Marinus Nijhoff Publishers SN 978-90-041753-7 YR 2009 FD 2009 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/15560 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/15560 LA eng NO Arenas Hidalgo, N.:"The international responsibility of EU in US "extraordinary renditions" of suspected terrorists". En: Fernández Sánchez, P.A. The international legal dimension of terrorism, Martinus Nijhoff Publisher, The Netherlands, Boston, 2009, pp. 113-130. ISBN: 978-90-041753-7 DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 30 may 2026