PCATI Annual Report 2023
2023 was a challenging year for human rights work in Israel in general, and forthe fight against torture in particular. The ultra-right-wing Israeli governmentintroduced a range of legislation and attempts to dismantle democratic safeguardsand standards by its ‘judicial reform’. These attempts and the anti-democraticrhetoric, especially by extreme right-wing National Security Minister Itamar BenGvir, continue well