Joint Urgent Appeal: Arbitrary Arrests, Enforced Disappearance, Inhumane Treatment, and Torture of Palestinians by the Israeli Occupying Forces

Joint submission by Al-Haq, Addameer, Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC) detailing the violent mass detention of Palestinians in the West Bank, enforced disappearances and torture of Palestinians in Gaza, intensified abuse of Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), and deaths of Palestinian prisoners and detainees since October 7th, 2023. The appeal covers specific cases of Palestinian prisoners and detainees across the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, with extensive documented testimony and field reporting. The "joint urgent appeal" was submitted to various United Nations Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups. This source is valuable for legal advocates and researchers documenting mass detention and enforced disappearance, and is a model of joint Palestinian civil society engagement with UN special procedures.