  {"id":196074,"date":"2001-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196074"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:08:08","slug":"auto-insert-196074","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196074\/","title":{"rendered":"Torture Convention &#8211; Consideration of Reports\/Conclusions &#038; Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"38%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Twenty-seventh session<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">12-23 November 2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"28%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">CAT\/C\/XVII\/Concl.5<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">23 November 2001<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Original: ENGLISH<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµEDITED VERSION<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Conclusions and Recommendations of the Committee against Torture<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Israel<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">1.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The Committee considered the third periodic report of Israel (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/5DF213D0D499CB8485256B0D006B828C.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">CAT\/C\/54\/Add.l<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">) at its 495th and 498th meetings, on 20 and 21 November 2001 (CAT\/C\/SR.495 and 498), and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Introduction<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The Committee welcomes the third periodic report of Israel, due on 1 November 2000 and received on 15 March 2001.&nbsp;&nbsp;The report is in full conformity with the guidelines of the Committee on the preparation of State party periodic reports.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">3.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The Committee compliments the State party for ensuring periodicity of reports in a timely fashion and welcomes the continuation of a constructive dialogue with Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Positive aspects<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">4.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The Committee welcomes the following:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\ta)<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The September 1999 Supreme Court judgement in the case of <u>Public Committee against Torture in Israel v. the State of Israel<\/u>&nbsp;which held that the use of certain interrogation methods by the Israel Security Agency (ISA) involving the use of &quot;moderate physical pressure&quot;, was illegal as it violated constitutional protection of the individual&#39;s right to dignity.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tb)<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The issuance by authorities of the Israeli Security Agency of a directive to all personnel that the decision of the Court should be strictly adhered to in all investigations conducted by the ISA.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tc)<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>That the Israeli Government has decided not to initiate legislation that would authorize the use of physical means in interrogations conducted by the police or ISA.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">_____<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Twenty-seventh session 12-23 November 2001 CAT\/C\/XVII\/Concl.5 23 November 2001 Original: ENGLISH &nbsp; 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