Reject Rather than RegulateCall on Council of Europe member states not to establish minimum standards for the use of diplomatic assurances in transfers to risk of torture and other ill-treatmentDownload PDF file (30 pages, 322 KB) TABLE OF CONTENTS Concerns expressed by international and regional human rights monitoring bodies and experts Distinct from diplomatic assurances in death penalty cases Post-return monitoring mechanisms are inherently problematic Requesting human rights and humanitarian organizations to perform selective monitoring Diplomatic assurances have a proven record of failure |