The Palestinian Association for Human Rights (Witness)
Meets with the ICRC and Discusses Critical Issues
On Tuesday 23rd April, the Palestinian
Association for Human Rights (Witness) met with the Head of ICRC Delegation in
Lebanon Ms. Simone Aeschlimann and discussed pressing critical issues and the
role of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The visiting team included the Director of Public Relations
and Media, Mr. Muhammad Al-Shouli, the human rights researcher Mr. Hassan
Al-Sayyida, and the legal researcher Ms. Eman Sabaa Ayoun.
On behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the
head of the delegation Ms. Simone Aeschliman, the communications officer Ms.
Sally Aoun, and the political advisor Mr. Shawqi Amin Al-Din.
The topics discussed included:
(1)
The situation of
Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons since the beginning of war
(2)
Forced disappearance of
civilians and protected personnel from Gaza
(3)
Torture upon detention and
ill and humiliating treatment of prisoners
(4)
Captivity of corpses
following the death of detainees
The association engaged with the ICRC in a technical
dialogue on these pressing issues, the role of the ICRC in this regard, and raised
recommendations to uphold and preserve the basic rights of prisoners and
forcibly disappeared.
The Palestinian Association for Human Rights (Witness)