On May 13, 2016, The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) released its Concluding Observations on the Fifth Periodic Report of Israel, in which it expressed concern over allegations of excessive use of force by Israeli security forces in the Palestinian territories. According to the report, the Committee is concerned with the use of administrative detention where detainees “can be held in detention without charge indefinitely on the basis of secret evidence that is not made available to the detainee or his/her lawyer.” In addition, the Committee announced that “there were 700 persons, including 12 minors, in administrative detention,” a number that has “increased since September 2015 with the escalation of violence.” The Israeli government stated in its dialogue with the Committee that it based some of those detentions on credible information as to the intention of those minors to carry out terrorist activities. The Committee further stated that it is “gravely concerned that solitary confinement and separation can also be applied to minors and, in this respect, it expresse[d] concern at allegations that many children have been held in separation for interrogation purposes.” Previously, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories urged Israel to address its use of excessive force against Palestinians and to release its administrative detainees.