On 26 of November 2018, Israel’s High Court of Justice decided that Mr Firas Tbeish had not been tortured. This concluded a six-year legal battle undertaken by Mr Tbeish and PCATI.
This case review, published in Torture Journal in 2019, presents some of the complexities which on-the-ground anti-torture work in Israel entails. Specifically, it touches upon the seeming effortlessness with which a recognized international standard such as the Istanbul Protocol can, and is, dismissed, at the same time dismissing the experience of persons tortured.
