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The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) believes that torture and ill-treatmmentof any kind, under any circumstances, is incompatible with moral values, democratiicstandards, and the rule of law. PCATI was founded in 1990 in response to governmentpolicy that enabled systematic use of torture and ill-treatment during GSS interrogations.In September 1999, following petitions filed by PCATI and other human rights organizattions,the High Court of Justice ruled to prohibit some interrogation methods that hadbeen employed at the time and which clearly constituted torture and ill treatment. Thisruling was a significant advance, although it left an opening for the use of torture andill-treatment in Israel. PCATI works towards the protection of detainees’ and prisoners’rights, and the implementation of an absolute prohibition against torture.PCATI’s work has been made possible through the support of our partners, thegrowing membership of “Friends of PCATI” and other private donors.Cordaid – HollandHaella – HollandICCO – HollandKios – FinlandNew Israel FundRoyal Netherlands Embassy in Tel AvivRoyal Norwegian Embassy in Tel AvivSIVMO – HollandThe pooled funds of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), theRoyal Danish Representative Office to the PA, the Swedish International DevelopmmentCooperation (Sida) and the Netherlands Representative Office to the PA channneledthrough the NGO Development Center (NDC) - HR/GG secretariatThe Sigrid Rausing Trust - UKTrocaire – IrelandUnited Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torturewww.stoptorture.org.il