U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security
Investigations (HSI) operates the Human Rights
Violators and War Crimes Unit (HRVWCU)
within the National Security Investigations Division (NSID). Preceded by the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service, HSI has more than 30 years of experience in
successfully investigating human rights violators. The unit conducts investigations focused on
human rights violations in an effort to prevent the United States from becoming
a safe haven to those individuals who engage in the commission of war crimes,
genocide, torture and other forms of serious human rights abuses from conflicts
around the globe. When foreign war crimes suspects, persecutors and human
rights abusers are identified within U.S. borders,
the unit utilizes its powers and authorities to the fullest
extent of the law to investigate, prosecute
and, whenever possible, remove any such offenders
from the United States.
美國移民和海關執法局(ICE)的國土安全調查(HSI)在國家安全調查部門(NSID)內部設立了侵犯人權和戰爭罪行部門(HRVWCU)。 在美國移民歸化局之前,HSI在成功調查侵犯人權者方面擁有30多年的經驗。 該股開展了以侵犯人權為重點的調查,以防止美國成為全球衝突中從事戰爭罪,種族滅絕,酷刑和其他形式嚴重侵犯人權行為的個人的避風港。。 當外國戰爭罪嫌疑人,迫害者和侵犯人權者在美國境內被查明時,該部門利用其權力和權力在法律的最大範圍內調查,起訴並儘可能從美國移除任何此類罪犯。
Since 2003, ICE has arrested more than 415
individuals for human rights-related violations of the law under various
criminal and/or immigration statutes. During
that same period, ICE obtained deportation orders against and physically
removed 990 known or suspected human rights violators from the United States. Additionally, ICE has facilitated the
departure of an additional 152 such individuals from the United States.
自2003年以來,ICE已根據各種刑事和/或移民法規逮捕了超過415名因與人權有關的違法行為的個人。 在同一時期,ICE獲得了驅逐令,並從美國取消了990名已知或可疑的侵犯人權者。 此外,ICE還促使另外152名此類人員離開美國。
Currently, HSI has more than 170 active
investigations into suspected human rights violators and is pursuing
more than 1,6000 leads and removals cases involving suspected human rights
violators from 95 different countries. Since
2003, the HRVWCC has issued more than 75,000
lookouts for individuals from more than 110 countries and stopped over
300 human rights violators and war crimes suspects from
entering the U.S.
目前,HSI已對170多名涉嫌侵犯人權的人士進行了170多項積極調查,並正在追查涉及95個不同國家的涉嫌侵犯人權者的1,6000多起線索和清除案件。 自2003年以來,HRVWCC已經為來自110多個國家的個人發出了超過75,000名觀察員,並阻止了300多名侵犯人權和犯罪嫌疑人進入美國。
Mission 任務
The unit
has four important missions: 該單位有四個重要任務:
- To prevent the admission of foreign war crimes
suspects, persecutors and human rights abusers into
the United States. 防止外國戰爭罪的嫌疑人,迫害者和侵犯人權者進入美國。
- To
identify and prosecute individuals who have been involved and/or responsible
for the commission of human rights abuses across the globe. 識別和起訴參與和/或負責在全球範圍內實施侵犯人權行為的個人。
- To remove, whenever possible, those offenders who are located in the
United States. 盡可能逮捕位於美國境內的違法者。
- To
oversee the development of programs in response to the former President's
Presidential Study Directive-10, the prevention of mass atrocities. 根據前總統〈針對大規模暴行之研究指令10〉,制訂防止大規模暴行,監督計劃。
Human
Rights Violators and War Crimes Center侵犯人權者和戰爭罪犯
The Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center
(HRVWCC) began as a pilot project in April 2008 to
further increase the efficiency of these complex investigative and litigation
actions. The center leverages the
knowledge and expertise of a select group of special
agents, attorneys, intelligence specialists, criminal research
specialists and historians who are collectively collocated. The center also brings together various DHS
components and other departmental agencies, to include the FBI and the
Department of Justice to work collaboratively on human rights violators and war
crimes investigations. With bona fide
successes supporting this crucial concept, former ICE Director John Morton
established the center as a permanent ICE entity in
October 2009.
「侵犯人權者和戰爭罪犯中心」(HRVWCC)於2008年4月開始試行,以進一步提高這些複雜調查和訴訟行動的效率。該中心利用一組共同配置的特殊代理人、律師、情報專家、刑事研究專家,和歷史學家建立知識和專業能力。該中心還匯集了各種國土安全部組成部分和其他部門機構,包括聯邦調查局和司法部,在「侵犯人權者和戰爭罪犯」調查方面的合作。憑藉真正的成功支持這一關鍵概念,前ICE主任John
Morton於2009年10月將該中心建立為永久的ICE實體。
The No Safe
Haven Initiative
The United States grants admission to more refugees and asylum seekers
annually than any other nation. Individuals fleeing wars, genocide, ethnic
cleansing and various other forms of persecution have often view the United
States as a safe haven. Upon entry, the
vast majority of these people choose to remain here permanently and,
ultimately, gain citizenship through the naturalization process.
美國每年允許更多的難民和尋求庇護者入境。逃離戰爭,種族滅絕,種族清洗,和各種其他形式迫害的個人經常將美國視為避風港。入境時,絕大多數人選擇永久留在這裡,並最終透過入籍程序獲得公民身份。
Unfortunately, individuals who have perpetrated significant abuses
against others in their home countries seek entry to evade prosecution and
punishment. Frequently, these
individuals hide among those they once persecuted, falsely claiming to be
victims of abuse. They may be former officials of regimes that are or were
potentially hostile to our nation and its interests, making them not only
human-rights violators, but also national security threats. HSI's No Safe Haven Initiative targets these
individuals.
不幸的是,在本國對其他人施加重大侵權行為的個人,也試圖逃避起訴和懲罰。這些人經常躲在曾經遭受過迫害的人中,謊稱他們也是虐待的受害者。他們可能是曾經或可能對我們國家及其利益產生敵意的政權的前任官員,使他們不僅成為侵犯人權者,而且還成為國家安全威脅。HSI的「非避風港倡議」便是針對這些人。
Those accused of human rights violations cannot
escape justice by hiding in the United States. HSI is committed
to keeping the nation safe by ensuring the secure removal of aliens with known
ties to human rights violations.
被控侵犯人權的人無法透過躲藏在美國逃避正義。HSI致力於透過確保安全逮捕已知與侵犯人權有關的外國人,來保障國家安全。
The Center operates four Regional Support
Teams (RST) to identify, locate, investigate, prosecute and assist in
removing human rights violators, torturers and war criminals from the United States.
These RST’s
are considered the backbone of the center and are geographically oriented
covering Latin America, Africa, Europe/Balkans, and Asia/Middle East. Each team consists of program managers/special
agents, analytical/historical personnel and legal advisors. RSTs provide programmatic oversight over the
field where the actual human rights investigations take place by leveraging all
relevant agency expertise to support investigation and litigation activities
within the designated target region.
該中心設有四個區域性支援小組(RST),負責查明、確認、調查,起訴和協助從美國移除侵犯人權者,酷刑者和戰犯。這些RST被認為是HSI的骨幹,並且在地理上,針對拉丁美洲、非洲、歐洲/巴爾幹半島,和亞洲/中東地區。每個團隊由項目經理/專業代理人,分析/歷史人員和法律顧問組成。 RST透過所有相關機構專業知識,支持指定目標區域內的調查和訴訟活動,對實際進行人權調查的領域進行計劃性監督。
Human
Rights Target Tracking Initiative 人權目標追跡倡議
HSI also works to prevent known human rights abusers from gaining entry
into the United States. HSI intelligence
and criminal research specialists work with their national and international
counterparts in a coordinated effort to identify
serious foreign human rights abusers and war crimes suspects residing abroad.
Since formally undertaking this
initiative in June 2008, HSI has been instrumental
in preventing more than 139 human rights violators or war crimes suspects from
gaining admission to the United States.
HSI還致力於防止已知的侵犯人權者進入美國。HSI情報和刑事研究專家與國內和國際同行合作,共同努力查明居住在國外的嚴重外國「侵犯人權者和戰爭罪犯」嫌疑人。自從2008年6月正式採取這一舉措以來,在HIS幫助下禁止超過139名侵犯人權者或戰爭罪嫌疑人獲准美國。
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