attribution to them of the information they provided. Direct references to specific information collected during ODIHR interviews with various interlocutors will be made throughout the report, where applicable. 101. As per established practice, the draft of the report was shared with the US government for comments, prior to its publication. The US government submitted its comments to ODIHR on 6 August 2015. ODIHR has analysed US observations while retaining final editorial control over the scope and content of the report. SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT 102. The report looks into the compliance of the detention, conditions of confinement and treatment of detainees at Guantánamo with international human rights standards, as well as the compliance with international fair trial standards of the proceedings before the military commissions. It also explores issues related to the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, accountability for alleged human rights violations both at Guantánamo and in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Rendition, Detention and Interrogation (RDI) programme, as well as the right to redress in cases of arbitrary detention, torture and/or illtreatment. In relation to the CIA RDI programme specifically, the report focuses primarily on the situation of detainees who were subsequently transferred to military custody in Guantánamo. The report includes recent developments on these issues up until 31 August 2015. 103. The report is structured in three main parts. The first two parts take stock of the situation with a particular focus on detention at Guantánamo and related rights, as well as proceedings before the military commissions, whereas the third part explores the challenges related to the closure of the detention facility and analyses states’ obligations to guarantee accountability for human rights violations in the Guantánamo context. While the report is primarily focused on Guantánamo and the human rights obligations of the United States in that respect, it also touches upon the human rights obligations of other OSCE participating States when looking at cases of complicity in violations that occurred in the framework of the CIA RDI programme. APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 104. In its analysis, findings and recommendations, this report relies on relevant OSCE commitments, international human rights law and standards and, as applicable, international humanitarian law. Each part of the report will point to the relevant standards under international law and will analyse the compliance of the situation at Guantánamo with these standards. The implementation of the relevant OSCE commitments in that context will also be assessed throughout the report. The report will focus primarily on the international treaties that have either been signed8 or ratified by the United States, as well 8 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna, 23 May 1969, Art. 18, <https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201155/volume-1155-I-18232-English.pdf>: “A State is obliged to refrain from acts which would defeat the object and purpose of a treaty when: (a) it has signed the treaty or has exchanged instruments constituting the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, until it shall have made its intention clear not to become a party to the treaty”. “Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties”, United States Department of State website, 35