| 单词 | extraordinary rendition |
| 释义 | > as lemmasextraordinary rendition extraordinary rendition n. the seizure and transportation by authorities of a criminal suspect from one country to another without the formal process of extradition; an instance of this.Sometimes used spec. with reference to moving a terrorist suspect for interrogation in a country considered to have less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners. ΚΠ 1983 M. C. Bassiouni Internat. Extradition I. v. 11 The United States increasingly resorts to extraordinary rendition devices, including abduction, thus circumventing traditional extradition processes. 1990 National Law Jrnl. 10 Dec. 14/4 Alternatively, should the U.S. armed forces capture Mr. Hussein as part of an armed conflict, he could be transported to the United States for prosecution. Such ‘extraordinary renditions’ are not unknown, and the U.S. courts will not look behind the fact that a defendant is on U.S. soil and within the jurisdiction of the court unless the means used to get the defendant to the courthouse ‘shock the conscience’ of the court. 2003 Winnipeg Sun (Nexis) 12 Nov. 10 The covert practice of ‘extraordinary rendition’... In these cases, agents contract rogue nations to extract information from low-level terrorist suspects through torture. 2005 J. K. Harbury Truth, Torture, & Amer. Way i. 9 The Bush administration defends and continues the practice of extraordinary renditions. < as lemmas |
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