An open dialogue with the Preventive Security Forces

Following the round table meeting with the leadership of the Preventive Security Forces (PSF), The Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” initiated a prolonged meeting gathering senior officers of the PSF including managers, legal advisors, interrogation officers in all governorates, and representatives of the Independent Commission for Human Rights Institutions (ICHR), Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture (TRC), and Al-Haq Institution.

This meeting discussed Palestine’s obligations following its accession to the United Nations Convention against Torture.

The discussion was transparent and straightforward as it revealed the situation of the Palestinian people under occupation regarding the International Humanitarian Law and the International Law for Human rights, and focused on the torture practices in Palestine and the cooperation mechanisms between the PSF and Human Rights Organizations on torture prohibition and serious follow up of all the complaints reported Concerning torture practices in the PSF detention centers.