> CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
> 83 Session (10 Nov 2025 - 28 Nov 2025)
The UN's own summary of the report is entitled:
> UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Albania, Argentina, Bahrain and Israel
and can be found here:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/11/un-committee...
Someone (not I) recently posted a Guardian article that focused on the report's Israel aspect — and, somewhat predictably, got flagged into oblivion. I thought the originating document (the posted link) might still be of interest to the community.
Article that got flagged: Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/israel-has-de-...
LATER EDIT: I note that this has implications on US law because our Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) has provisions that depend on what's known in the biz as CAT protection.
Legal provisions to begin with, for those interested:
- 8 CFR § 1208.16: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/1208.16
- Section 241(b)(3) of the INA, 8 USCS § 1231(b)(3): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1231