הוועד הציבורי נגד עינויים בישראל

PCATI Updates its Report on Impunity: In 2012 despite Israel's Attorney General's pledge to reform the torture complaints investigation process there has been no change. The result: "Accountability Still Denied" 

On the fifth anniversary of the capture of Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit, leading Israeli, Palestinian and International Human Rights organizations issued a joint statement demanding that those holding him must immediately end his inhumane and illegal treatment.

The human rights organizations – the Association for Civil Rights in
Israel (ACRI), B’Tselem, Gisha, Public Committee against Torture in
Israel (PCATI), Yesh Din, Hamoked: Center for Defense of the Individual,
Adalah, Rabbis for Human Rights, Physicians for Human Rights Israel,
and Breaking the Silence – have appealed to the Attorney General
immediately following Operation Cast Lead, calling on him to investigate
allegations regarding violations of the laws of war during the
operation.

PCATI and Adalah's New Report on Treatment of Palestinian (Gazan) Detainees during Cast Lead:Torture, Ill Treatment and Human Shields
A Special Report on "Cast Lead": Israel Used Palestinian Detainees as Human Shields
Testimonies Gathered by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and by Adalah Reveal that the Israeli Army Deliberately Violated Palestinian Detainees' Rights through "Legal Black Holes"

Position Paper
April 2010
Introduction
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) entered into force on 22 June 2006, as the culmination of decades of negotiations over the establishment of a worldwide system of torture prevention based on regular visits to places of detention.  To date, as many as 64 states have signed and 50 states have ratified or acceded to the OPCAT.

Right-Wing Attack on Human Rights Defenders and Dissent in Israel

Thrusday, April 29, 2010 – Democratic values are important to the human
rights community in Israel. A new bill proposes to trample these
democratic values and undermine the ability to seek accountability for
human rights violations. It is with great concern that we respond to the
proposed bill: Associations (Amutot) Law (Amendment – Exceptions to the
Registration and Activity of an Association), 2010.

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

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.