Israeli Supreme Court on Detentions and Torture

Aharon Barak was the Chief Justice of Israel's High Court of Justice when it issued its far reaching decision regarding banning the use of torture by Israeli interrogators. In 2005 he spoke at Harvard and elaborated on the reasoning behind that decision as well as other decisions regarding the treatment of detainees. In his remarks he reflects on the balancing of the state's interest in providing security for its citizens and the need to maintain the law and its protection of each individual's rights. You can read his remarks at http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/sctterror.html
The texts of the the decision on torture and related cases of treatment of detainees such as home demolitions can be read in pdf format at
http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/599F2190-F81C-4389-B978-7A6D4598AD8F/...