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serious blow to the inteational human rights system, in general, and to the global effort
to eradicate torture and enforced disappearance, in particular.

During its next session, the council will adopt the working Group report on the u. s.
UPR. We call on the Council to send a strong message against impunity for torture and
enforced disappearances and demand that the United States take measures to meet the
full sPectrum of its obligations under inteational law to ensure accountability, transpa-
rency, reparations and non-repetition, including
on the CIA detention program, independent co
the issuing of apologies and compensation to vi
or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Continued impunity is a dark chapter in the history of the United States that threatens to
undermine the universally-recognized prohibition against torture and other abusive
treatment, and sends the dangerous message to U. S. and foreign officials that there will
be no consequences for future abuses. Other govements implicated in the CIA torture
Program must also be held accountable and are obligated to conduct independent inves-
tigations, hold perpetrators accountable, and provide effective remedies to victims of
torture, enforced disappearance and other human rights violations.
We know from the experiences of civil society groups and survivors of torture around
rights violations and the search
d States has much to gain from
viding adequate redress to the

We hope the United States will follow that path.

Submitted by:
American Civil Libeılies Union (ACLU)
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
conectas Direitos Humanos
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Endorsed by
Abogadas y Abogados para la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos, A. C
Abuelas dePlaza de Mayo
Accidn Solidaria en VItVSida
Advocates for U. S. Tonure Prosecutİons
African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies
Agora Espacio CiviI Paraguay
Allard K. Lowenste in Inteational Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
Amnesty Inteational
Appeal for Justice
Asociaciön de Familiares de Presos y Desaparecidos Saharauis
Asociaciön MINGA
Asociaciön para la Prevenciön de la Tortura
Asociaciön pro derechos Humanos
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for Justiçe and Accountability
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