(October 2025) The ceasefire and the exchange of hostages and prisoners between Israel and Hamas are as vital to all of us as air to breathe. Yet October 7 and the war in Gaza will continue to accompany us for a long time to come. The horrific moral low to which we have sunk –
Tal Steiner, Opinion Column in Haaretz Newsaper English Edition Earlier this month, the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee held an urgent debate on an amendment to the law for imprisoning unlawful combatants. The discussion was held without hearing from civil society organizations or human rights experts, and without scrutinizing basic data such as the
2024 tested our organization and our mission like never before. In thewake of October 7th and the subsequent war in Gaza, we witnessedan unprecedented surge in detainees, the emergence of militarydetention camps, and systematic abuse that shocked even seasonedhuman rights defenders. Our team faced severe bureaucratic obstaclesto prison access, restrictions on legal representation, and a
Systemic torture and inhumane treatment of Palestinian detainees since October 7, 2023 and the Israel-Gaza war
Over 1,300 complaints of torture were submitted to the ministry of Justice since 2001 resulting in: 2 criminal investigation and 0 indictments. Every year, dozens of complaints are received by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) alleging severe torture employed by the ISA [Shin Bet] interrogators. Torture methods reported include painful shackling,
56 years have passed since Israel occupied the oPt. On this regrettable anniversary, 17 human rights organizations have come together to present a unified situation report on four themes: Israeli security forces’ violence, annexation, displacement, and the attack on NGOs. These four themes feed into each other, comprising the critical interlocking elements of the current
An international law based assessment of the legality of the military detention regime that Israel applies to Palestinians Since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 and the ensuing Israeli military offensive in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem have been taken into custody by the Israeli Security
(January 2025) This is a very complex time for us all, as we closely follow the gradual implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the exchange of prisoners. Everything hangs in the balance. In the statement we published at the beginning of the week, we emphasized that the release of the Israeli hostages in
(December 2024) Torture is one of the hardest and most complicated issues to discuss. It forces us to talk about acts that our minds do not want to admit can happen and our hearts struggle to contain. Read the full newsletter
A new publication by Hagar Kotef and Merav Amir published in the Cambridge University Press in collaboration with Pacti. This article tells the story of one small department in the Israeli Ministry of Justice: “The Inspector for Complaints Against General Security Service (GSS) Interrogators” (in Hebrew: Mavtan). Tasked with examining complaints of torture in GSS