Report: Minors in Jeopardy (B'Tselem)
Source: B'Tselem.org
In March 2018, the Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, released its latest publication examining violations of the rights of Palestinian minors detained by Israeli forces and prosecuted in Israel’s military court system. Below is a summary of the report and a link to the .pdf version of the full report.
Read moreReport: US State Department Human Rights Report 2015
Ramallah, May 5, 2016–A U.S. government human rights report released in April highlights grave violations against Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation.
Read moreReport: No Way to Treat a Child
[Source: Defense for Children International - Palestine]
Ramallah, April 14, 2016 - Today, Defense for Children International - Palestine published a new report, No Way to Treat a Child, detailing the widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system. From meals prepared in a makeshift kitchen to adult prisoner "caregivers," the report also gives a rare glimpse into Palestinian children's daily living conditions in Israeli prisons.
Read moreData: Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Detention
Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes between 500 and 700 children in military courts each year.
The charts below show the number of Palestinian children held in Israeli detention at the end of each month. The figures are compiled by Defense for Children International - Palestine from sources including the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and Israeli army temporary detention facilities.
Read moreReport: US State Department Human Rights Report 2014
Each year, the U.S. government publishes the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, known as the human rights reports. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.
The annual human rights reports include a specific section covering the situation of human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
Report: Children in Israeli military detention - Bulletin No. 2 - February 2015
[Source: UNICEF]
UNICEF released this bulletin in February 2015 as an update on the status of the 38 recommendations and their implementation that were made by UNICEF in the March 2013 report entitled Children in Israeli Military Detention – Observations and Recommendations. This is the second update released by UNICEF.
The original UNICEF report provided an overview of the journey of a child who is arrested and detained for alleged security offences in the West Bank and who can come into contact with different Israeli authorities, including the Israeli military and police forces.
The original UNICEF report provided an overview of the Israeli military system and how that system dealt with children. It documented significant alleged violations of children’s rights, using the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) as key references.
Report: US State Department Human Rights Report 2013
Each year, the U.S. government publishes the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, known as the human rights reports. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.
The annual human rights reports include a specific section covering the situation of human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
Report: Children in Israeli military detention - Bulletin No. 1 - October 2013
[Source: UNICEF]
UNICEF released this bulletin in October 2013 as an update on the status of the 38 recommendations and their implementation that were made by UNICEF in the March 2013 report entitled Children in Israeli Military Detention – Observations and Recommendations. This is the first update released by UNICEF.
The original UNICEF report provided an overview of the journey of a child who is arrested and detained for alleged security offences in the West Bank and who can come into contact with different Israeli authorities, including the Israeli military and police forces.
The original UNICEF report provided an overview of the Israeli military system and how that system dealt with children. It documented significant alleged violations of children’s rights, using the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) as key references.
Report: Children in Israeli military detention (UNICEF)
[Source: UNICEF, Palestinian children need improved protection in Israeli military detention]
Jerusalem, March 6, 2013 – UNICEF today outlined practical measures that could be adopted to improve the treatment of Palestinian children who are in contact with the Israeli military detention system.
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