The Committee against Torture will convene from July 12-29 to consider reports on torture of civilians and POWs carried out by the Palestinian government AP Photo/Nasser Nasser Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas talks to reporters at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah in June. For the first time , a United Nations committee focused on addressing torture will scrutinize the actions of the Palestinian Authority and its treatment of those under its care. The U.N. Committee against Torture (CAT) — a subsidiary of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) — convenes today in Geneva, where...