Extraordinary rendition in international law : criminalising the indefinable?

Abstract

After 9/11 the media shocked the public when it uncovered that states, especially the US, used illegal methods to bring suspected terrorists within the jurisdiction of certain countries as part of the Global War on Terror. Although the US seemed to be the biggest culprit, other governments assisted in the capture, detention, interrogation and torture of these suspected terrorists, to which end secret facilities known as black sites were used.