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Clarification sought concerning Australia's position regarding application of Fourth Geneva Convention

[May 2014] - MCW has today written to Australia's diplomatic representative in Ramallah requesting clarification as to the Australian Government's position regarding the application of the Fourth Geneva Convention (the Convention) to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).

Dutch Foreign Minister notes lack of progress in implementing UNICEF's recommendations

[May 2014] - On 13 May 2014, the Dutch Foreign Minister, Frans Timmermans, issued a statement (Dutch) concerning the treatment of Palestinian children held in Israeli military custody and the lack of progress in implementing recommendations made by UNICEF.

Double interrogations continue

[May 2014] - Last year, MCW issued a statement regarding the practice of using double interrogations when investigating Palestinian children in the West Bank as a way of circumventing minimum legal safeguards. Under existing Israeli military law suspects have a number of rights including the right to silence.

The UNICEF Report - one year on

[March 2014] - One year ago UNICEF published the report: Children in Israeli Military Detention. Following a review of over 400 sworn testimonies and after consulting widely, UNICEF's primary conclusion was that ill-treatment appears to be "widespread, systematic and institutionalized throughout the process".

US State Department Annual Global Report 2013

[March 2014] - The US State Department recently published its annual global report on human rights for 2013. As in 2012, the report identifies arbitrary arrest and associated torture and abuse as one of the three most significant human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine.


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