Committee Against Torture

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Knesset passes law allowing Israeli police to hold bodies of Palestinians as precondition for funeral arrangements

2018-03-12

Adalah: Withholding bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli police and preventing their immediate burial violates Israeli and international law.

August 2017 Follow-up Report: Submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture

Adalah, Addameer, Al Mezan, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, and the Public Committee against Torture in Israel submit this report to the UN Committee Against Torture regarding Israel’s...

Adalah to Israeli Prison Service: Must install air conditioners in cells

2016-08-21

Prison Service promised five years ago to deal with issue, but subsequent renovations have skipped over cells of Palestinian prisoners in Gilboa prison.

Key concerns regarding Israel’s use of torture and ill-treatment against Palestinians from the OPT (March 2016)

Many of these practices violate Israel’s international obligations as a signatory to the UN Convention against Torture, which prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.