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UN to Review Reports of Torture by Palestinian Government
(Jewish Insider) Matan Kogen - The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) - a subsidiary of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - convened Tuesday in Geneva to investigate instances of enforced disappearances, violent interrogations and the holding of the remains of Israeli soldiers by the Palestinians. "For the first time ever, the Palestinian Authority will come under scrutiny at the United Nations for its record on torture," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch.