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Alkarama Person of contact for country
Ines Osman, Email : ines - at - alkarama -dot- org , Twitter : @Ines_Osman
Our concerns
Although Alkarama’s mandate only covers Member States of the Arab League, we also document human rights violations committed by the Israeli authorities, due to the occupation of Palestine.
- Arbitrary detention – particularly in the form of administrative detention – as well as the use of torture against Palestinians, including minors, by Israeli authorities;
- Severe crackdown on freedom of expression by both the Israeli and Palestinian authorities;
- Practice of torture and arbitrary detention by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and by Hamas in Gaza.
Human Rights Instruments
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
ICCPR Ratified ?
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ICCPR Ratification Date
Individual Complaint procedure with the Human Rights committee (ICCPR Optional protocol 1) Ratified ?
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Second Optional Protocol of ICCPR (abolition of death penalty) ratified ?
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OVERDUE - State party did not submit report on time
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (UNCAT)
UNCAT Ratified ?
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UNCAT Ratification Date
OPCAT (National Preventive Mechanism) Ratified ?
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National Preventive Mechanism (OPCAT) created ?
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UNCAT Art 20 (confidential inquiries) ratified ?
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UNCAT Art 22 (Individual Complaint procedure) Ratified ?
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OVERDUE - State party did not submit report on time
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
ICPPED Ratified ?
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National Human Rights Institution
Accreditation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
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