Center for Constitutional Rights:

Yesterday, human rights groups submitted a formal communication to United Nations Special Rapporteurs naming U.S. Army General Bantz John Craddock, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, responsible for the unlawful and unethical force-feeding of detainees on hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison. President Obama recently nominated a successor to Craddock who is awaiting confirmation. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), Appeal for Justice, and the National Litigation Project, Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic of Yale Law School (NLP), submitted the communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture, on the Right to Physical and Mental Health, and on the Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism. They name General Craddock in his former capacity as U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) Commander from November 2004 until October 2006.