to remove their veils.265 During interrogation they are often subjected to psychological, physical and sexual violence, including beatings, insults, body searches, rape threats and sexually explicit harassment.266 Such techniques are meant to both intimidate and force confessions.267 These tactics are in contravention to the stipulations presented in the CAT and the ICCPR. Once the interrogation is over and they are in prison, the violations of rights and international standards continue. Palestinian women in Israeli prisons face terrible living conditions that frequently lead to health and hygiene problems. In 2012, the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) published a special report that found that “neither the Israeli Prisons Service (IPS) regulations nor the conditions in Israeli detention facilities are in accord with international standards when it comes to Palestinian women prisoners.”268 Women who have or develop health problems experience extreme medical negligence. Remediable diseases go untreated. Pregnant women aren’t provided with pre or post-natal care, special living conditions, or preferential hospital transfer, in violation of both the Bangkok Rules and the Convention to End all Discrimination Against Women. There is no culture or gender sensitive care for Palestinian women, including Arabic-speaking female physicians or specialized gynecological services. In facilities housing both Palestinian and Israeli female prisoners, Palestinian women face discriminatory treatment such as minimal recreation time, no access to reading material or media,269 no access to education for minors, and the prevention of family visits by holding them in facilities within Israel where residents of the oPt are restricted from going.270 The transfer of prisoners to facilities outside their territory of origin is against the Fourth Geneva Convention.271 “The second time I was arrested, I was put in a prison [inside Israel] with Israeli criminal women for 14 days. During those days no one was allowed to visit me; neither my family nor my lawyer. That was the law, which they 265 Muftah, Trapped Between Prisons: Palestinian Women in Detention, 14 May 2015. Available at: http:// muftah.org/trapped-between-prisons-palestinian-women-in-detention/#.WD6VcrJ96Ul 266 Addameer, Imprisonment of Women and Girls, op. cit., February 2016 267 Ibid. 268 Muftah, op. cit., 14 May 2015 269 Addameer, Imprisonment of Women and Girls, op. cit., February 2016 270 The Electronic Intifada, Israeli prison guards use violence against Palestinian female prisoners, 13 July 2003. Available at: https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-prison-guards-use-violence-againstpalestinian-female-prisoners/1256 271 Geneva Convention IV, Article 76 74