The United Nations reminds the US that "infinite freedom" begins at home - including offshore facilities controlled by the US: The Human Rights Committee—a U.N. expert committee charged with interpreting the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a core human rights treaty ratified by 148 countries—has put governments on notice that they are responsible for human rights violations committed wherever they have "effective control." "The Human Rights Committee has sent a strong message that states cannot avoid their international human rights obligations by outsourcing their detention centers," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "The Bush administration's trick of detaining people at Guantanamo won't work under international law."