refers to secret flights by the c.i.a. In the context of america's 'war on terror'. these so-called Renditions involved the transfer of people from one country to another in ways that bypassed all judicial and administrative due process. Its aim was to keep detainees away from any judicial oversight that might impede interrogation and the gathering of intelligence.

The CIA, using planes leased by front companies as well as legitimate aviation firms, secretly transferred terror suspects into the custody of other states where torture is known to accompany interrogation. The rendition programme also delivered people into US custody, whether at Guantánamo Bay in cuba, detention centres in Iraq and Afghanistan, or secret CIA-run facilities known as 'black sites' around the world. these Renditions involved multiple human rights violations.

The scale of this rendition programme is by definition difficult to gauge because of the secrecy involved and the disappearance of many victims. The USA acknowledged its use of renditions but said they are carried out in accordance with US law and its obligations under international law.since 2005, Several European countries have launched official inquiries into alleged CIA activities in Europe and into European governments' alleged complicity in such activities. Their outcome is still being awaited.