On 6 February 2020, HRiP presented “rule 9 submissions” to the Committee of Ministers (COM) of the Council of Europe on behalf of Guantanamo detainee and torture victim Abu Zubaydah. The brief addresses serious shortcomings in the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) judgments Abu Zubaydah v. Poland (2014) and Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania (2018). It considers the states ‘action plans’ and developments and limitations in practice. It goes on to make detailed recommendations to each state and the COM on five essential areas of implementation: payment of damages; representations to bring the on-going egregious violations of the applicant’s rights to an end; investigation, truth and transparency; acknowledgment and apology; and measures to ensure non-repetition. The submissions are available here.