Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI)

Website: http://www.stoptorture.org.il/
Founded 1990, based in Jerusalem
PCATI claims to be “an independent human-rights organization” that monitors “the implementation of [the 1990 Israeli High Court ruling prohibiting the use of torture during interrogation of terror suspects] …and continues the struggle against the use of torture in interrogation in Israel and the Palestinian Authority ….”
Donors include the New Israel Fund; The Foundation for Middle East Peace; the governments of Norway, Sweden, Ireland, and EU; Oxfam Novib Holland, and numerous other groups.
Staff includes Eliahu Abram (formerly from Hamoked); Board of Directors includes Tal Zilberstein (a former advisor to Ehud Barak), Avigdor Feldman (Mordechai Vanunu ’s former lawyer) and a number of radical Israelis
PCATI's activities are highly political, and its campaigns extend far beyond the specifics of its mission statement. A December 2006 publication “United Against Torture," cites to UN Special Rapporteur, John Dugard, whose reports accuse Israel of “imposing collective punishment on the Palestinian people” and of "war crimes”.
In December 2006, the Israeli High Court rejected PCATI's petition on targeted killings, on the grounds of legitimate self-defense against terror.
Finances are not transparent and annual reports or audited accounts are not available on the website.