הוועד הציבורי נגד עינויים בישראל

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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The report will be presented to the press on Wednesday, 30 May 2007, at 10:00 AM at the office of The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), 31 Blumenfeld Street, Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem. Copies of the report (in PDF or Word files) will be sent to journalists upon request.

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Amnesty International – Israel invite you to participate in the call to transform the Jerusalem police headquarters at the Russian Compound – that houses a GSS interrogation and torture unit – into a torture free zone

 Submission Concerning Israel’s Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories relevant the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Torture and Ill-treatment of Palestinian Detainees during Arrest, Detention and Interrogation
September 2001 – April 2003

An article published in Ynet by Aviram Zino.

Torture and imminent threats: the Israeli example
by Louis Frankenthaler, director of development and Education for the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
pages 9 - 11

Norway's embassy in Tel Aviv has urged the government to criticize Israel for the alleged use of torture in prisons, the state radio network NRK reported Thursday.

By Jim Fish
The BBC's correspondent in Jerusalem

Article written By Louis Frankenthaler, Development & International Outreach Director at the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), published at "The Palestine Chronicle"

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.

Three human rights organizations, The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel and  Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel withdrewtoday their principle petition that they submitted to the High Court of Justice (HCJ).  This was done in protest of the Court's unprecedented and invalid majority decision by the nine judge panel 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, in the absence of the petitioners. 

An opinion article by Yoav Loeff, PCATI's coordinator of public engagement

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and HaMoked, the Center for the Defence of the Individual (HaMoked) filed a contempt of court motion to the High Court of Justice against the government of Israel and its head, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and against the General Security Service (GSS) and its head Yuval Diskin for their responsibility for the policy that grants a-priori permits to use torture in interrogation that fundamentally violates the High Court of Justice decision of September1999

Following international pressure, the Israel Medical Association (IMA) decided to investigate allegations of the involvement of physicians in the torture and ill treatment of Palestinian detainees and the fact that these cases were not reported.

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.

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. 

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.

On 6 July 2009, the High Court of Justice rejected the contempt of court motion filed by PCATI, HaMoked and ACRI on the violation of the HCJ judgement on torture of September 1999.

An Article from YNET news website about PCATI's new report.

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"