Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-14-Speech-2-350"
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"en.20061114.38.2-350"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Council discussed the matter of CIA secret detention centres at a meeting held on 15 September. EU ministers repeated that they were committed to the effective fight against terrorism using all the ways and means available.
Terrorism in itself is a threat to the system of values that is based on the rule of law. The Council repeated its insistence that human rights must be respected and humanitarian standards complied with in the fight against terrorism. Representatives of the Member States therefore welcomed the statement by the US Administration that all prisoners would be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva Convention, and its assurances that the International Committee of the Red Cross would have access to the prisoners in question.
The existence of secret detention centres, where imprisoned persons are held in a legal vacuum, is against international humanitarian law and international criminal justice. The EU ministers said that they would continue the dialogue with the United States of America which focuses on the notion that a respect for human rights should be guaranteed even in the fight against terrorism. This dialogue has been continued. These views, which were strongly expressed at the meeting, will appear in the bulletin on the meeting."@en1
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