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02.11.2010
Kept in the Dark: HaMoked and B'Tselem’s new joint report exposes routine ill-treatment of palestinian detainees in the Petach- Tikva interrogation facility of the Israel Security Agency; The findings, based on testimonies of 121 Palestinians, show they were subjected to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, and in some cases, also to torture
22.08.2010
HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual petitioned the HCJ to order the attorney general to investigate complaints of torture during interrogations by the Israel Security Agency: the attorney general's conduct does not meet the minimum standards of proper management, although manifest disregard of the absolute ban on torture is at issue
19.08.2010
Following public outcry over publicized photos of military personnel posing alongside Palestinian detainees: HaMoked reminds that it had already alerted the military to this phenomenon in 2006
10.08.2010
Following a petition by HaMoked, the military police formulated and published a procedure for handling requests of an external party for the disclosure of investigation materials
27.06.2010
Petition of HaMoked to instruct the Israel Prison Service to hand over medical records of prisoners and ex-prisoners, represented by HaMoked: medical records which have been delivered were flawed and incomplete
26.04.2010
Dismissal of joint petition by HaMoked and additional organizations against incarceration of Palestinians in facilities within Israeli territory: The court found no grounds to change the rules it established more than two decades ago, under entirely different conditions
18.01.2010
The HCJ continues its recent hard line and rejects a petition by HaMoked and other human rights organizations to allow relatives of prisoners from the Gaza Strip to visit their loved ones who are incarcerated in Israel: In a short judgment, the court rules, inter alia, that the families’ right to visit their loved ones is not a basic humanitarian right and therefore, Israel is exempt from any obligation to the families
17.01.2010
The HCJ prevents access to the courts from former inmates who are residents of Israel and whom the IPS forbids to visit their incarcerated relatives: In the judgment, the court rules that the prisoner, rather than the persons who had been denied, has the exclusive right to petition on this matter
16.09.2009
In a petition filed by HaMoked and four other human rights organizations against the unacceptable use by Israel of relatives as a means to put pressure on persons during police and ISA interrogations, the court ruled: The use of threats, promises and false pretenses relating to the wellbeing of relatives of persons under interrogation is prohibited
09.07.2009
The Court rejected an application under the Contempt of Court Ordinance in the petition against the ISA's use of torture in interrogations: the application was submitted by HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the Public Committee against Torture in Israel