Submission to UN Committee against Torture regarding the Periodic Review of Lithuania: List of issues prior to reporting

This submission to the 57th Session of the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) concerns Lithuania’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention against Torture. Since the Committee last examined Lithuania’s compliance, new evidence has emerged further identifying the country’s involvement in the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme, and the location of the secret detention centre ‘Violet’. Detention Site Violet was closed in 2006 due to a lack of emergency medical care for detainees, including Mustafa al-Hawsawi, who is represented by REDRESS. It was jointly authored by REDRESS and the Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI).