10 years, Hundreds of Complaints, No Investigations

Accountability Denied
28.12.2009

A new report by PCATI exposes an intolerable reality. Israeli authorities systematically prevent investigations of complaints of torture against General Security Service (GSS) interrogators. 

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A New PCATI Report: Fundamental Shift in the IDF's Combat Doctrine Resulted In Extensive Harm to Civilians in Gaza

02.12.2009

PCATI released today a new report which exposes the shifts in Israel's combat doctrine as evidenced in the prosecution of operation "Cast Lead" and from numerous public oral and written statements made by high ranking military officers and senior Israeli Government officials. 

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A new PCATI report - Shackling as a Form of Torture and Abuse

24.06.2009

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.

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A compilation of sources on Israeli Military law that relates to the OPT

25.08.2008

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.

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Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

09.07.2008

A Study on the Implementation of the EU Guidelines on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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New Report by PCATI - No Defense: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees

22.06.2008

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.

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Ticking Bombs - testimonies of torture victims in Israel

30.05.2007

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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A New Publication by PCATI and OMCT

17.11.2009

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) published their new report "Implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment by Israel"

 

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Israeli NGO's response to the Goldstone report

16.09.2009

Some of the publications in which the Israeli Human rights NGOs' response, including PCATI's, is mentioned.

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Additinal PCATI videos

18.08.2009

For additional PCATI videos, in Hebrew, click here.

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