A joint statement issued by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists at a press conference in Jerusalem. Read more about Joint Statement AI, HRW, ICJ 

Amnesty International condemned today’s decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice that will allow demolition, without the right to judicial review, of homes belonging to families of people who are believed to have carried out attacks against Israelis. Read more about High Court decision gives green light for collective punishment 

This morning, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected petitions on behalf of 49 families, whose homes are threatened to be demolished, filed by the human rights organisations LAW and Hamoked. Read more about Israel's High Court: No prior hearing before home demolitions 

As the UN Security Council meets today to discuss the grave situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories, Amnesty International reiterates its calls for an international inquiry into alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in Jenin Refugee Camp since 3 April 2002, and the deployment of international human rights monitors. Read more about Practical measures are required - words are not enough 

Amnesty International has submitted a briefing on torture and ill-treatment of Palestinians by members of the Israeli Defense Forces and the General Security Services to the Committee against Torture (CAT) which is due to discuss the situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories on 14 May 2002. Read more about Torture and ill-treatment under scrutiny at UN in Geneva 

“More than 8,500 Palestinians have been arrested between 27 February and 20 May, many of them arbitrarily detained. These arrests and detentions were accompanied by a consistent pattern of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and sometimes torture,” Amnesty International said in a report released today. Read more about Amnesty International calls for a commission of inquiry into mass arbitrary detention of Palestinians 

Amnesty International is extremely dismayed at the decision by the Court of Appeal of Brussels that declared a complaint concerning the “Sharon” case inadmissible. Read more about Israel/Belgium: Dismay at Sharon case decision 

As Israel reoccupies villages and towns in the West Bank the Palestinian population suffers the effects of widespread security measures such as prolonged curfews, house demolitions or administrative detention that amount to collective punishment, said Amnesty International today. Read more about Palestinians suffer renewed collective punishment 

The UN Secretary-General’s report released today, which is consistent with many of Amnesty International’s findings, underscores the need for a thorough, on-the-spot investigative inquiry into the reports of grave human rights abuses that occurred in the context of the Israeli army incursions into Jenin and other cities last April. Read more about UN Secretary-General's report on Jenin underscores the need for a full inquiry