הוועד הציבורי נגד עינויים בישראל

A variety of agencies in Israel – chief among them the GSS and the IDF – shackle detainees in painful ways that amount to torture and ill treatment.This is done in violation of Israeli law, basic moral principles and international law, including international human rights conventions  signed by Israel. The primary victims of this practice are Palestinian ‘security’ detainees.

Marking the 26th of June as The UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture PCATI is planning a multi-faceted campaign  that will focus on the issue of shackling as torture and ill treatment. 

The Concluding Observations of the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) are highly critical of Israel.

PCATI and the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) submitted an alternative report to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) prior to its review of the periodic report of the State of Israel that will take place in May.

Three human rights organizations withdrew a principle petition in protest of the High Court's unprecedented and invalid decision to base their decision on the constitutionality of a law on secret evidence presented by Israel's General Security Service (GSS) and heard ex-parte.