Treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay constitutes torture in some cases and violates international law, a leaked UN draft report says. The document also suggests that investigators will recommend the prison camp is shut down, BBC Online reports Monday
It also questions the legal status of the camp and the classification of detainees as enemy combatants. The Los Angeles Times published the draft report on Monday and spoke to one of the authors, the UN special raporteur on torture, Manfred Novak.
– We very, very carefully considered all of the arguments posed by the US government. There are no conclusions that are easily drawn. But we concluded that the situation in several areas violates international law and conventions on human rights and torture, Mr Nowak said.
The report suggests some of the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay meets the definition of torture under the UN Convention Against Torture.
This includes the force-feeding of hunger strikers through nasal tubes and the simultaneous use of several interrogation techniques such as prolonged solitary confinement and exposure to extreme temperatures, noise and light, BBC adds.
