19 clandestinos y desapariciones forzadas de personas, de posibles ejecuciones extrajudiciales, igualmente en escala inter-estatal58. 57. Muy recientemente, el 06.07.2006, el Parlamento Europeo adoptó una resolución sobre "the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners"59. En su extensa resolución el Parlamento Europeo empieza por advertir que "the fight against terrorism cannot be won by sacrificing the very principles that terrorism seeks to destroy, notably that the protection of fundamental rights must never be compromised; (...) terrorism must be fought by legal means and it must be defeated while respecting international and national law"60 Afirma, en seguida, que las prácticas de "detención secreta" y secuestro de personas sospechosas en el territorio de los Estados miembros configura la responsabilidad internacional del Estado (párrs. 2 y 8). Expresa su profunda preocupación frente al uso del espacio aéreo y de aeropuertos europeos para que personas sospechosas "be transferred illegally to the custody of the CIA or the US military or to other countries" (párr. 13). 58. La referida resolución "condemns the practice of extraordinary renditions, which is aimed at ensuring that suspects are not brought before a court but are transferred to third countries to be interrogated, where they could be tortured, and detained in facilities controlled by the USA or local authorities"; asimismo, la resolución "considers unacceptable the practices of certain governments consisting in limiting their responsibilities by asking for diplomatic assurances from countries in respect of which there is strong reason to believe they practice torture" (párr. 10). Y, a continuación, la misma resolución "Stresses that the prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment as defined in Article 1 of the U.N. Convention against Torture, is absolute and allows no exceptions whether in times of war or threat of war, domestic political instability or any other emergency; recalls that cases of incommunicado detention, abduction or extraordinary rendition constitute violations of fundamental rights in International Law, in particular Articles 3 and 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, especially since these acts are synonymous with torture or inhuman and degrading treatment" (párr. 29)61. 59. Cóndor redivivus! Sus métodos y prácticas atroces e inhumanas siguen siendo seguidos y aplicados, en contexto distinto, en nuestros días! Cuando aprenderá el ser humano con las lecciones del pasado, con el terrible sufrimiento de las generaciones anteriores? Si no ha 58 . Cf. J. Patrice McSherry, Predatory States..., op. cit. supra n. (51), pp. XXI, 247-249 y 254; y cf. J. Dinges, Operación Cóndor..., op. cit. supra n. (16), p. 22. 59 . 60 . 61 European Parliament, doc. A6-0213/2006, pp. 1-6. Preámbulo, considerandum C. . Además de esta resolución del Parlamento Europeo, el Secretario General del Consejo de Europa presentó recomendaciones - a la luz del artículo 52 de la Convención Europea de Derechos Humanos - en sus Informes recientes a los gobiernos de Estados europeos, sobre noticias sugiriendo que "individuals, notably persons suspected of involvement in acts of terrorism, may have been arrested and detained, or transported while deprived of their liberty, by or at the instigation of foreign agencies, with the active or passive co-operation of States Parties to the Convention or by States Parties themselves at their own initiative, without such deprivation of liberty having been acknowledged"; cf. Council of Europe, doc. SG/Inf(2006)5, del 28.02.2006, pp. 1-15; Council of Europe, doc. SG/Inf(2006)13, del 14.06.2006, pp. 18.