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UK LAWYERS’ REPORT – 6 YEARS ON

[26 June 2018] – This month marks 6 years since a delegation of UK lawyers reviewed the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law and published their findings and recommendations. The original delegation was comprised of 9 lawyers. The Foreign Office funded report found undisputed evidence that the military detention system violated at least 6 articles under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and 2 articles under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

MCW Annual Report - 2017/18
MCW has released its Annual Report (2017/18) considering developments relating to the arrest and detention of children by the Israeli military in the West Bank in 2017 and 2018. In addition to reviewing relevant legal and procedural changes in the system the report considers the findings from 114 testimonies obtained from children detained during the course of 2017, and considers the trends based on 604 testimonies obtained since 2013.
The right to a lawyer - Case analysis
[31 May 2018] –A judge at Ofer military court rejected the admissibility of a statement given by a Palestinian minor during a police interrogation.
Haaretz - How the US State Department Deleted the Occupied Territories
Its official reports now adopt the 'occupation denial' language of senior Trump appointees. But the damage to America's credibility won't be limited to Israel/Palestine.