Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Honorary Kings Counsel
Regents Professor
Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society
Faculty Director, Human Rights Center
Professor, Queen's University of Belfast, School of Law, Northern Ireland
Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Quoted in The Intercept about Possible Repatriation of Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, has called on the Biden administration to stop the United Arab Emirates from forcibly repatriating Ravil Mingazov to Russia in violation of International law. The UAE previously had made assurances of his safety. “It’s deeply concerning that an assurance given to the United States appears to be broken without consequence,” Ní Aoláin said. “We need a White House, a high-level political intervention. It appears no one is willing to expend that political energy on a former Guantánamo detainee.”