Rendition and Transfer in the War against Terrorism: Guantanamo and beyond

Abstract

attempted to deport Osama Bin Laden to his state of origin, Saudi Arabia, under pressure from the United States.When Saudi Arabia refused to accept Bin Laden and denationalized him, Sudan expelled Bin Laden, who found a safe haven in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.In the United Kingdom, 2001 anti-terrorist legislation permits interned foreigners suspected of terrorist links, but not charged with any crime or deportable offense, to obtain their release from administrative detention by agreeing to leave the country.See Amnesty International, Memorandum to the UK Government on Part 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, Al Index: EUR 45/017/2002 (2002) available at http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGEUR450172002(Sept.21, 2003) [hereinafter Memorandum].These departures from the U.K. are technically "voluntary" and to a state of the detainee's choosing.Thus, they are neither renditions nor expulsions.