La Unión Europea ha sido una fuerza positiva en la promoción de los derechos en los países que aspiran a formar parte de ella, pero no ha demostrado capacidad de ejercer su influencia en el resto del mundo.
In responding to the terrorist attacks on its own soil on September 11, 2001, the US has resorted to such measures as prolonged indefinite detention without charges, trials before military commissions lacking due process safeguards, and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, including torture.