[June 2014] - On 22 May 2014, the UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the Guidelines) announced that it has decided to accept for further examination some of the issues raised in a complaint lodged against G4S.

[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).

[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.

[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.

[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".