前人质埃利·沙拉比周四呼吁联合国人权理事会承认加沙被扣押人质所遭受的待遇属于酷刑，并要求对责任人展开刑事调查。沙拉比在一段预先录制的讲话中说：“主席先生，我叫埃利·沙拉比。我是一名酷刑幸存者。”“491天里，我被关在地下，遭受锁链捆绑、挨饿、殴打和羞辱。”在哈马斯领导的10月7日袭击期间，沙拉比从位于贝埃里基布茨的家中遭绑架。
Former hostage Eli Sharabi called on the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday to recognize the treatment of hostages held in Gaza as torture and demand criminal investigations into those responsible.“Mr. President, my name is Eli Sharabi. I am a survivor of torture,” Sharabi said in a prerecorded address. “For 491 days I was held underground, chained, starved, beaten and humiliated.”Sharabi was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas-led October 7 attack.
他的妻子莉安以及女儿诺伊娅和雅赫勒遇害。他的哥哥约西也被绑架，后来在囚禁期间遇害。沙拉比在获释后才得知家人已经死亡。他说自己于2025年2月获释，返回时体重仅有44公斤；被囚期间，他被人为断绝食物。联合国人权理事会第63届会议播放了这段声明。在日内瓦举行的理事会第63届例会上，沙拉比预先录制的声明在分配给耶路撒冷司法研究所的发言时段内播放。
His wife, Lianne, and their daughters, Noiya and Yahel, were murdered. His brother Yossi was also abducted and later killed in captivity.“I learned my family was dead only upon my release,” Sharabi told the council. Sharabi was freed in February 2025. He said he returned weighing 44 kilograms after being deliberately deprived of food during captivity. Statement played during the United Nations Human Rights Council's 63rd sessionSharabi's prerecorded statement was played during the speaking time allocated to the Jerusalem Institute of Justice at the council's 63rd regular session in Geneva.
该时段安排在周四依据议程项目9进行的general debate期间，议程项目9涉及种族主义、种族歧视、仇外心理及相关不宽容行为。此次会议并非专门就以色列或人质问题举行的辩论。沙拉比利用这次讲话介绍了耶路撒冷司法研究所9月发布的一份题为《被绑架：劫持人质作为一种酷刑》的报告所取得的调查结果。报告认为，国际法应将强加给人质的条件，包括挨饿、隔离、身体暴力、威胁和心理虐待，视为酷刑。该研究所表示，共汇编了6971个数据点，涵盖251名个别人质的相关资料。
The slot came during Thursday's general debate under Agenda Item 9, which concerns racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The session was not a dedicated debate on Israel or the hostages. Sharabi used the address to present findings from a September report by the Jerusalem Institute of Justice titled “Kidnapped: Hostage-Taking as a Form of Torture”. The report argues that the conditions imposed on the hostages, including starvation, isolation, physical violence, threats and psychological abuse, should be treated as torture under international law. The institute said it compiled 6,971 data points covering 251 individual hostage profiles.
其研究参考了政府记录、新闻报道、公开证词、联合国材料，以及与幸存者和急救人员进行的23次保密访谈。报告显示，至少78名获释人质出现饥饿、急性营养不良或严重肌肉消耗的症状。报告还发现，被扣押超过200天的人质中有68%被迫参与宣传视频拍摄。沙拉比说：“耶路撒冷正义研究所记录了蓄意使78名人质挨饿的行为。我获释时体重只有44公斤。”
Its research drew on government records, news reports, publicly available testimony, UN material and 23 confidential interviews with survivors and first responders. According to the report, at least 78 released hostages showed signs of starvation, acute malnutrition or severe muscle wasting. It also found that 68% of the hostages held for more than 200 days were forced to participate in propaganda videos.“The Jerusalem Institute of Justice documented the deliberate starvation of over 78 hostages,” Sharabi said. “I returned weighing just 44 kilos.”
沙拉比还引用了由国际刑法律师耶尔·维亚斯·格维尔兹曼创立的“10月7日——无国界正义”的相关文件。他说，该组织记录了255名人质及其家属遭受身体和心理酷刑的情况，其中一些人的折磨持续了两年以上，甚至长达十年。“10月7日——无国界正义”为10月7日袭击的受害者提供法律代理，并已在以色列及多个国际司法辖区提起诉讼。
Jerusalem Institute of Justice: UN should consider hostage-taking as tortureSharabi also cited documentation by October 7 – Justice Without Borders, founded by international criminal law attorney Yael Vias Gvirsman. He said the organization had documented patterns of physical and psychological torture affecting 255 hostages and their families, some for more than two years and even a decade. October 7 – Justice Without Borders provides legal representation to victims of the October 7 attack and has pursued proceedings in Israel and several international jurisdictions.
耶路撒冷正义研究所的报告呼吁联合国机构和各国主管当局调查劫持人质及相关虐待行为是否构成酷刑、战争罪和危害人类罪。
The Jerusalem Institute of Justice report calls on UN bodies and national authorities to investigate hostage-taking and associated abuse as possible torture, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
报告还呼吁将前人质及其家属认定为酷刑受害者，并赋予他们康复、赔偿及其他形式的救济权利。
“从家中绑架婴儿、老人和整个家庭，再加上系统的酷刑和虐待行为，这严重侵犯了人类的基本价值观，”该机构国际法与公共外交部门主任乌里·莫拉德（Uri Morad）表示。
It also calls for former hostages and their families to be recognized as victims of torture, with rights to rehabilitation, compensation and other forms of redress.“The abduction of infants, elderly people and entire families from their homes, together with systematic torture and abuse, constitutes a grave assault on the fundamental values of humanity,” said Uri Morad, the institute's director of international law and public diplomacy.“The report points to an urgent need for a comprehensive response, including updated international legislation and the use of universal jurisdiction, to ensure that everyone responsible - from those who planned the crimes to the last guards in the tunnels - is held fully accountable,” he said.
“报告指出，迫切需要采取全面的应对措施，包括修订国际立法并行使普遍管辖权，以确保所有责任人——从策划犯罪的人到隧道中的最后一名看守——都受到应有的惩罚，”他说。“面对这些暴行保持沉默，或将劫持人质的行为仅仅视为一种谈判工具，实际上等于将酷刑行为常态化。”
“Silence in the face of these atrocities, or describing hostage-taking as merely a bargaining tool, amounts to the normalization of torture.”
报告的法律分析表明，10月7日的劫持人质事件并非单纯的“任意拘留”，而是属于酷刑和反人类罪的范畴，该机构法律与研究官员卡桑德拉·索尔·桑斯（Casandra Sol Sans）指出。
Demand for accountability for abuse endured in Hamas captivity“The report's legal analysis establishes that the October 7 hostage-taking was not merely 'arbitrary detention,' but rose to the level of torture and crimes against humanity,” said Casandra Sol Sans, the institute's law and research officer.“The documented practices - from extreme isolation and inhumane conditions in tunnels to the use of psychological warfare - satisfy the elements of the offenses under the Rome Statute and the UN Convention against Torture,” she said.
“报告中所记录的种种行为——从极端隔离和非人道的关押条件到心理战手段——均符合《罗马规约》和《联合国反酷刑公约》中规定的犯罪构成要件，”她说。“由于这些行为违反了国际法中不可剥夺的基本原则，世界各国都有法律义务行使普遍管辖权，对责任人进行调查和起诉。”
“Because this involves breaches of fundamental, non-derogable rules of international law, states around the world have a legal duty to exercise universal jurisdiction, investigate and prosecute those responsible.”
这些结论是报告基于法律分析得出的，并非任何法院或国际法庭的裁决结果。
Those are the report's legal conclusions, rather than findings by a court or international tribunal.
沙拉比（Sharabi）将自己的呼吁定义为对责任追究的要求，而非政治干预：“我选择了正义的道路，这条道路超越了政治因素，植根于我们共同的人性。”
No judicial body has ruled on the report's assessment. Sharabi framed his appeal as a demand for accountability rather than a political intervention.“I have chosen the road of justice, beyond politics and grounded in our shared humanity,” he said.
“这个理事会必须采取行动：承认这些酷刑行为，要求进行刑事调查，并打击恐怖组织。必须明确指出这些行为的性质，绝不能让犯罪者逍遥法外。”
“This council must act: recognize the torture, demand criminal investigations and confront the terrorist networks.“Name these crimes. End impunity.”