Lift the Closure - Give Life a Chance
Two years to the closure on Gaza - watch a video produced bt Israeli human rights NGOs.
More...A new PCATI report - Shackling as a Form of Torture and Abuse
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.
More...The Law of Occupation: Third film in PCATI - Social TV joint project
You are invited to view the third film in the joint PCATI - Social TV series on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The film focuses on the laws of occupation.
More...End the Killing of Civilians
An ad published by human rights organizations in the "Ha'aretz" newspaper on 30 December 2008:
"Civilians are not cannon fodder, not in Gaza, not in Sderot"
More...A compilation of sources on Israeli Military law that relates to the OPT
This two-volume source book for Palestinian attorneys in Arabic and Hebrew compiles vital information relating to military law. The book is a joint publication of Machsom Watch, Nadi El-Asir (rhe Palestinian Prisoners Club) and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel.
More...Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
A Study on the Implementation of the EU Guidelines on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
More...New Report by PCATI - No Defense: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees
The report, published this morning, reveals the widespread phenomenon of violence against bound Palestinian detainees by IDF soldiers and the almost absolute indifference of the IDF, the Ministry of Defense and the Knesset towards the existence of this phenomenon and the need to take action in order to eradicate it completely.
More...New report by PCATI - “Family Matters" - Using Family Members to Pressure Detainees
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel’s report reveals that Israel’s General Security Service (GSS) exploits family members of Palestinian detainees in order to apply illegal psychological pressure on them and to force them to confess.
More...Ticking Bombs - testimonies of torture victims in Israel
This report, issued by PCATI, describes the routine of torture in Israel from the point of view of its victims.
Nine detailed case studies narrating the victims' experiences from the moment of arrest, through interrogation and trial and through the routine refusal of the Ministry of Justice to investigate their complaints will provide us with a glimpse into the world of torture in Israel.
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