The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), Adalah, Al Mezan and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) presented a briefing for the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) last week on the State of Israel’s failures in implementing the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment. The briefing was submitted in advance of the Committee’s adoption of its List of Issues Prior to Reporting at its 48th session (May 2012).
Since the UN Committee Against Torture (henceforth: the Committee or CAT) considered Israel’s previous report in 2009, the Israel Security Agency/General Security Service (henceforth: ISA) has continued to employ torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (henceforth: other ill-treatment) in the interrogation of dozens of Palestinian detainees. The use of techniques of torture, officially referred to as “special measures” or “necessity interrogation,” is officially sanctioned and justified by the claim of “necessity” under Israel’s Penal Law.
Full Report - 17 pages
http://www.stoptorture.org.il/files/Israeli%20Organizations%20_CAT%20LOIPR%202012.pdf
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