Jamie Fellner, JD, PhD, U.S. Program, Human Rights Watch, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, 212-216-1212, fellnej@hrw.org

As more detainees are released from Guantanamo, information about the true nature of confinement there and interrogation techniques is finally becoming public. The presenter for this session, the U.S. Program director at Human Rights Watch, has been following developments at the camps at Guantanamo since they were opened, and has written about the failure of the Bush administration to adhere to international laws of war with regard to the legal basis for the detentions and the camp conditions. She will provide an update about Guantanamo, and address such questions as whether the conditions of confinement in the context of denial of legal rights constitutes torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law, and whether those conditions may be responsible for the high number of suicide attempts.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the parameters of incarceration at the new U.S. detention facilities and their effects.
• Describe at least two relevant human rights documents concerning incarceration in U.S. detention facilities associated with prisoners arrested outside the U.S. or in conjunction with the so-called “war on terror”
• List three health consequences of incarceration in these units.

Keywords: Prisoners Health Care, Human Rights

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.