US EditionUN: Israel Implementing 'De Facto' Policy of Torture
The UN Committee against Torture says Israel’s alleged torture policy has intensified since Oct 7, 2023, with 75 Palestinian detainee deaths reported, urging independent investigations.
- Publishing its conclusions today in Geneva, the United Nations committee against torture said it found evidence of a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture and urged Israel to establish an independent investigatory commission and hold senior military officers accountable.
- Following the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attack, the committee noted thousands of Palestinians detained under Israel's administrative detention and Unlawful Combatants laws allowing long holds without lawyer or family access.
- Testimonies to the review described alleged torture methods including severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, water-boarding, sexual violence, deprivation of food and water, enforced disappearance, and forced diapers in Israeli detention centres.
- The committee demanded prosecutions including senior military officers and an independent ad hoc investigatory commission, while Daniel Meron, Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, called the allegations `disinformation`.
- The committee warned the conclusions could amount to acts of genocide and that the treatment "amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity," while the UN Human Rights Office said the killing of two Palestinians resembled a `summary execution`.
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UN Report Condemns Hamas Attack, Accuses Israel Of Torture As State Policy
The UN Committee against Torture has issued its findings on Israel and three other nations - Albania, Argentina, and Bahrain - and raised concerns on each country's implementation of the Convention...
UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Albania, Argentina, Bahrain and Israel
GENEVA - The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) today issued its findings on Albania, Argentina, Bahrain, and Israel after reviewing the four States Parties in its latest session.The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on each country’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Key highlights include:
UN Report Details Israel's 'De Facto State Policy' of Torturing Palestinian Prisoners
Reports of Israeli authorities torturing Palestinian prisoners have been publicized for years, with the UN Committee Against Torture now confirming a "de facto state policy of organized and widespread torture."
‘Palestinian detainees urinated on’: UN report says Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of torture
The committee also said Palestinian detainees had been forced to act like animals, urinated on, denied medical care and subjected to heavy restraints, “in some cases resulting in amputation”.
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