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Formerly Legal Researcher at the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI),Views my own,RT not endorsement
Oct 5, 2019 6 tweets 4 min read
#UNCAT refuses to examine Belgium's role in the Torture of a former Guantánamo detainee – @ECCHRBerlin : tinyurl.com/y25zv2lm M.Z v Belgium/Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22/CAT/C/67/D/813/2017 (Complicity in acts of torture while in detention at Guantánamo Bay, and lack of investigation) 2.8.19:tinyurl.com/yyvyje9q
Oct 3, 2019 6 tweets 2 min read
Dutch Court of Appeal:No statute of limitations in Dutch colonial crimes In a groundbreaking decision,an appeals court in the Netherlands ruled that the statute of limitations does not apply to allegations of colonial era crimes committed by Dutch forces in what is now Indonesia Link to press release and ruling (Dutch): rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en…

@PrakkenOliveira 'Claims of victims and surviving relatives of the Dutch East Indies not expired': prakkendoliveira.nl/en/news/2019/c…
Nov 3, 2018 9 tweets 3 min read
#ISRAELI HIGH COURT KEEPS PRESSURE ON STATE TO CONFIRM WITH RULING ON PRISON OVERCROWDING; State must insure cell space per prisoner is compliant with international standards* by May 2021

* Minimum of least 4 square meters per prisoner
jpost.com//Israel-News/H… 'The High Court of Justice kept pressure on the state Thursday, calling to release more prisoners and make cells larger for the majority of those who remain behind bars.