"The UN Committee against Torture in Geneva is set to grill Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday on its policies with regard to torture on both sides of the Green Line...The two days of hearings is standard practice for all 159 states that have signed the UN Convention against Torture, which has been in existence since 1987. Israel signed the treaty in 1991...
A 13-member Israeli team composed of experts from the Justice and Foreign Affairs ministries will argue before the committee that their country does not torture prisoners, including those held for security reasons.
It will explain that those prisoners are treated according to the norms of Israeli and international law and their rights are fully respected..."
May 3, 2016
Israel Will Tell UN it Does Not Torture Prisoners
Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian man during clashes near the city of Hebron in the West Bank on October 11, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
Date
May 3, 2016
Title
UN to Quiz Israel on Torture Complaints, The Jerusalem Post
Author(s)
Tovah Lazaroff
Original Source
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