Committee Against Torture (CAT) 2. The report does not provide information on the practical application of civil remedies for persons affected by torture and their families. Of particular note, the national legal framework for civil damages needs to be upgraded, enabling affected persons in torture cases to claim their rights. Under effective laws, claims procedures are so complicated and mostly defective. The Report does not state the number of cases, in which courts ruled for compensating victims of torture or the number of cases currently heard by courts. The ICHR is unaware of any cases of compensation for torture or maltreatment, which Palestinian courts disposed over the eight years following the State of Palestine’s accession to the Convention. 3. Also, the report does not delineate the extent to which the State implements the five substantive obligations identified by the CAT General Comment No. 3 of 2012 to ensure effective redress for persons affected by acts of torture. These five forms of reparation include restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition. 4. Based on its monitoring, the ICHR has not noticed any official efforts undertaken to provide redress to persons affected by the Israeli occupation, including the institution of proceedings before international courts, or by government agencies and respective actions with a view to put into effect the five substantive obligations mentioned above. In relation to providing redress for victims of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, poor government efforts are borne out by the fact that Para. 177 of the Report indicates that only one lawsuit was filed in Palestinian courts, seeking compensation for a citizen who claimed to have been tortured. No verdict had been handed down in the case as at the time writing. On the other hand, Para. 43 indicates that a court convicted 24 security officers of acts of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. 5. The report does not go over the efforts made, or to be made, by the State to provide redress to victims of torture, particularly legal aid to affected persons in order to obtain redress. In practice, victims do not have the means to afford the high cost of these judicial claims. • In relation to the treatment and rehabilitation of victims of torture and maltreatment In paragraph 122 et seq., the Report explains official efforts to rehabilitate inmates in detention facilities and correction and rehabilitation centres. Still, the report fails to refer to efforts undertaken to treat and rehabilitate persons 17