Ghost detainee
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Ghost detainee is a term used in the executive branch of the United States government to designate a person held in a detention center, whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous.
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See also
- Black jails (China)
- Nacht und Nebel (Nazi Germany)
- Black sites
- Command responsibility
- "Enemy combatants", a legal status recognized under the Geneva Conventions- concerning prisoners of war and civilians
- Forced disappearances
- Extraordinary rendition
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